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...faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles. It's the idea that we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm; that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door; that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe; that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution; and that our votes will be counted...
...gearing up this year to target pro-choice women who fall outside of their universe of members and activists, a strategy they tested in the 2006 mid-term elections. "We identify the Republican women; we get out the information about candidates' positions," says Keenan. "We call them, we knock on doors, and once we've persuaded them, we get them to the polls." It worked in 2006, and this year she sees "enormous potential to move those women into the Obama column." But in order to do that, Keenan and her allies will have to find some way to drive...
...tough on 'Meet The Press,' but I never felt he was out to knock down government or politicians. He was trying to make us all better. And I think he really did that." - Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn...
...learned a lot throughout my training day. Specifically, I learned to wake people for meals but not beverage service; that people try to have sex in the bathroom all the time, and it's your job to knock on the door and get them out for their own safety. Also, you can totally ask for the whole can of soda. Thanks to a few hours in a pool next to a plane hull, I now know how to ditch a plane too. People almost never survive a jumbo-jet water landing, but if you didn't put 55 swimsuited future...
...passenger, I used to spend my flight ignoring the flight attendants' seat-belt speech and wondering if they had been hot in their 20s; as a flight attendant, I could gossip about passengers and compare restaurants around the world with my co-workers. No one was going to knock on our lavatory door if we didn't want them...