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...politically weak and with his place in history largely dependent on the unpredictable future of Iraq. But Bush believes his revamped staff and newly centrist foreign policy can broaden the view of his presidency and reframe him as an agent for freedom at home and abroad. Beneath Bush's modest proposals and lofty rhetoric Monday evening, the subtext will be simple: history will vindicate...
...Success, once gained, was never flaunted, simply filed away. Hillary remained always modest, always a little uncomfortable with his knighthood and his hero status. "I never deny the fact that I think I did pretty well on Everest," he said. "But I was not the heroic figure the media and the public made me out to be." Nor was Everest's summit the highest point of his life. "For me the most rewarding moments have not always been the great moments," he wrote in his memoir Nothing Venture, Nothing Win, "for what can surpass a tear on your departure...
Still, people need to eat, and since World War II, outright declines in consumer spending in the U.S. have always been modest and brief. That's partly because the government has become so acutely responsive to signs of distress. The Fed is already on the case, with three interest-rate cuts since September and more likely on Jan. 31. There's also fevered talk in Washington of a fiscal-stimulus package--income-tax rebates are a possibility, although so far Congress and the White House haven't been able to agree on anything...
...bore to those around you.” Besides the fact that this could be more reassuring—for the price of my tuition, I would prefer to be “guaranteed scintillating”—will our liberal education achieve even this modest goal? Forget preparing us for our future as citizens. What about our future as conversationalists? Especially because a full 12% of those who know the Analog Darkness is coming intend to abandon television altogether when it strikes. Given the state of Harvard’s general education, I hope these people have...
...second, more fundamental criticism of Amtrak underscored by the looming strike is that its prospects of ever reaching a state of self-sufficiency are bleak. In spite of modest increases in revenue this year, Amtrak, which has been the beneficiary of rising gasoline costs and long lines at airports, may never be able to operate without federal subsidies. Given its permanent state of dependence, the federal government should cease prolonging Amtrak’s operational control of intercity rail services and instead allow competing firms to bid on rights to operate passenger trains on corridors of their choosing a strategy...