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...then Clinton came back and, far less artfully, said that King's visions were great, but it took an experienced politician like Lyndon Johnson to get them enacted. At the very least, Clinton had equated the sometimes crass master of the legislative backroom with one of America's patron saints. (The real problem is that Clinton seemed to put LBJ on a pedestal higher than King's.) That was probably not her intention, but neither was this her best example in the deeds-not-words crusade she was on. In any case, at that point, things began to unravel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race Spells Trouble for the Dems | 1/14/2008 | See Source »

Professor Tom C. Conley, the co-master of Kirkland House who has taught seminars on the geography of wine, said that at Harvard, Friday is not the “fallow” day it is at many institutions because of the motivated nature of undergrads...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Iowa Tries To Curb Drinking With Friday Classes | 1/11/2008 | See Source »

...think it is a big project as a way to look again at various aspects of the [Ad] Board,” said Pfister, a former Kirkland House master, who served on the Ad Board during the 2000-2001 school year and during the early 1980s...

Author: By Madeline W. Lissner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ad Board Review Moves Forward | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...overthrew the previous regime. The people hoped against hope that Saakashvili - young, strong, incorruptible and U.S.-educated - would redress the numerous ills of this small former Soviet republic, devastated by almost two decades of civil wars, the loss of three provinces, mass poverty, and bullied by its erstwhile Imperial master Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Narrow Win for Georgian President | 1/7/2008 | See Source »

...turned on the question of who voters trust to make change. As he said on Wednesday, "The question for those of you who are undecided is, 'Who's best equipped to deliver change? Who is actually gonna make it change?' You can't argue that you are a master of a broken system in Washington...and that you are also the best agent to change the system. You can't be steeped in the conventional wisdom in something as profound as war and then argue you are best positioned to chart a new course in foreign policy. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Caucus Rooms | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

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