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...convinced that the world would be a better place in which to live.” In fact, poetry and politics have had a longstanding relationship. Recently, the relationship is tense, as in last winter’s flap over a White House poetry symposium cancelled because Laura Bush, upset by antiwar poets, decided she “did not believe poetry should be used for political purposes.” Indeed, the Bushes put an end to the budding tradition of having a poet read at inauguration and seem temperamentally to be at odds with many in the creative...
When George W. Bush addressed the U.N. in New York City last month, the applause was tepid, the audience somber. When Laura Bush addressed UNESCO, the U.N.'s scientific and cultural offshoot, in Paris last week, the response was heady, enthusiastic. Sure, that's partly because she's a coiffed First Lady and not a controversial President--but the glowing response was also because Mrs. Bush spoke in the gentle, feminist language penned by consigliere Karen Hughes that U.N. types favor. At times she even sounded a bit like Hillary Clinton, saying that "learning empowers women to ask questions...
...Roses are red/Violets are blue/Oh my, lump in the bed/How I've missed you." GEORGE W. BUSH, in a poem written to his wife upon her return from a trip abroad, as read by Laura Bush at the opening of the National Book Festival...
...closed the store, flew up there and stayed in a nice hotel," says Dan Johnston, the Oklahoma City store manager. "Amazing they did that." Sure, it cost a few bucks, but guess what? For weeks after that party, sales of suits in Oklahoma City soared. --With reporting by Laura A. Locke/San Francisco and Paul Cuadros/Cary
Initially frustrated by wasted chances early in the game, the Crimson finally broke through the New Hampshire defense. After a nifty give-and-go between freshman back Laura Odorczyk and senior forward Alisa Sato, senior midfielder Katie Westfall collected the ball in the box and deposited it into the gaping net. It was Westfall’s first tally this year after she finished tied for second on the squad last year with five goals...