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Given the recent Sturm und Drang over the experience question, one might imagine that American Presidents have mostly followed the Johnson/Nixon model, clawing their way from House to Senate to the vice presidency before landing in the Oval Office. In truth, American presidential politics has often been a rookie's game. Some presidential newcomers have hit the ball out of the park, delivering moments of true political greatness. (Think Abraham Lincoln.) Others have offered up inning after inning of rookie mistakes...
...She’s an outstanding role model, not only for the underclassmen, but also for the upperclassmen,” LeBuffe said. “She’s one of the most caring people I know. She’s definitely willing to go the extra mile for her teammates, and that makes a huge difference, and [its] really reflected in the relationship she has with all of our team...
...While we have some idea of how much BPA might leach from a baby bottle, there are intermediate steps between that and how much gets into an infant that we still need to model and establish mathematically," says John Bucher, associate director of the National Toxicology Program, which collaborates with the FDA, NIH and CDC. "And we don't have that yet." The FDA report maintains, for example, that a BPA exposure level of 5 mg/kg per day is acceptable. Health officials have determined that baby bottles can produce anywhere from 7 micrograms/g to 57.7 micrograms/g of BPA. The questions...
...Having discarded the model of the “folksy firebrand” Republican in favor of a more academic image, HRC members now hope they have re-branded conservatism in a way Democrats will find more compelling in the times ahead...
...don’t want to take something from one group of kids,” Simmons says. “That’s not equitable—I don’t think it’s a model of refocusing who we get, but broadening our outreach...