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Still, some environmentalists remained ambivalent about Ruckelshaus. "He was a very talented apologist for the President's horrible policies," contends Marion Edey, executive director of the League of Conservation Voters. "But," she concedes, "when he wasn't busy defending bad policies, he was working hard to improve them...
In contrast, said Jarvik, Schroeder's surgery was notable for "a great feeling of deliberate, calm progress," making it seem "almost routine." The only difficulty came in removing the diseased heart, which was surrounded by a thick envelope of scar tissue, the legacy of bypass surgery performed less than...
The purpose of a college education was once to enlarge and illuminate one's life," declared William J. Bennett, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, last week. But according to a toughly worded N.E.H. document just released over Bennett's signature, that high purpose is all...
If the President wants to leave a legacy of better relations with the Soviets, as well as gain a serious chance of another Republican victory in 1988, everything indicates that he must follow more or less centrist policies. The best hope for the Democrats would be a Republican candidate and...
Finally, whenever necessary, professors must re-learn the art of teaching the humanities. At a recent luncheon, a 93 year old former History and Literature tutor was invited to speak about the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. When he elected to discuss. "The Windhover," and "Felix Randall," I could not help...