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...this year deriding and stonewalling his compromise plan for reforming immigration policy, which called for enhanced border security along with a path to citizenship for certain working immigrants. A Democratic Congress is much more likely to craft a Bush-style solution. Bush and the Democrats may well start with modest reforms like the AgJobs bill, an attempt by Senators from both parties to normalize the immigrant farm-labor economy. It stalled in the House this year...
...It’s a giant step for the company, which typically produces more modest shows. “We would focus on one big thing, like the rights to one piece,” says Kenney. “American Grace” boasts a total of ten different pieces, and she adds that she’s not used to operating “on such a big scale...
Hunt was a progeny of affluence. Her birth father, Texas oil magnate H.L. Hunt, was dubbed “the world’s richest man” in 1948 by Life magazine. As an illegitimate child, she spent her first seven years in a modest three-bedroom house just a few minutes away from her father’s mansion. Her mother, Ruth Ray, raised Swanee and her three siblings as the offspring of a fictitious husband with the surname “Wright.” Life as a single mother and woman of faith was difficult...
Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey ’82 likes to point out that she and her opponent—Deval L. Patrick ’78—have a lot in common: both are social liberals who support abortion rights and stem cell research; both rose from modest means, attended Harvard, and became wealthy; and both would make history by being elected Massachusetts governor—Healey as the first woman, Patrick as the first black leader. Despite their similarities, Healey has based her campaign on highlighting their differences. She pummeled Patrick for his more liberal positions, including...
...Pollack said the White House was unlikely to indulge in any mission-accomplished type crowing. "I think at this point in time the Administration has learned to be a little more modest," he says...