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...propose is a line drawn in the dirt. Those who are serious about reducing the deficit will cross it and work with us on our proposal or their alternatives. Those who are not sincere . . . will stay on the other side and simply continue their theatrics." He assailed "the knee-jerk reactions and the instant analyses" for being "as hasty as they were incorrect." Contended the President: "We must hold firm to our tax cuts and reduce the budget even more . . . We are at last and at least approaching the bend in the tunnel." Although Republicans control both legislative chambers...
...medical profession are increasingly worried about maintaining their public reputation for competence--and are scurrying to dispel the image of some physician as drug addicts--it is silly to waste time investigating a physician whose case has already been decided. Obviously it should never revoke in a knee-jerk reaction to a felony conviction; no punishment should be that automatic. But if, for example, the law required court clerks to send the review board a transcript of the trial along with the notice of physician's conviction--and if the board were willing to simply review the case instead...
...That pass was a little off the mark," he deadpanned after finally getting into the Purdue game the championship year and then throwing his first pass out of the stadium. "The coach is going to really think I'm a jerk." Joe had sat on the bench in that game watching first Rusty Lisch, then Gary Forystek, then Lisch again. When Montana at last came on in the fourth quarter, the Boilermakers led 24-14. From that first miss, he went on to complete nine of 13 for 154 yds. and a 31-24 victory. "The team responded...
...Mean Streets because he's his own man even when geing his own man is absolutely self-destructive craziness. He's burning with it. In this subterranean world of dumpsters and neon and bar-darkness, racketeers and ferret-faced, small-time hoods, he dares to be a total jerk. He's the problem child who won't stop playing, hyperactively needling the frayed nerves of the others, and exploding in careless bravura. He is wired. Johnny Boy digs the risk and the rock 'n' roll, so he half dances through the movie. He enjoys being out of control. He revels...
...error of identifying poverty as a virtue. Those leaders who surmounted poverty, or better yet, reached great political or cultural heights while enveloped in it, are to be admired; but to Foot, those cases of success are sources of inspiration, not complacency. He avoids that unattractive political ailment, knee-jerk liberalism, by meshing compassion and a sense of the practical better than most. Michael Foot will never be Prime Minister of Britain. His party remains so divided that electoral victory will be elusive. Besides, at 68 years of age, Foot's chances may be slipping. Even if his many talents...