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Bush said, "I am not going to give carte blanche support to an operation, particularly when they don't ask for this support. And I have to reserve that right. I have at stake the lives ofAmerican kids and I am not going to easily thrustthem into a battle unless I feel comfortable withit and unless those general officers in whom Ihave total confidence feel comfortable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush Again Calls for an Ouster of Noriega | 10/14/1989 | See Source »

Schlesinger, the author of "Cycles of AmericanHistory," also discussed "the extreme brevity ofAmerican history," He recalled that as a youth hisfather told him of conversations with former Harvard PresidentA Lawrence Lowell, who admitted his embarassmentthat Lowell's father voted for Abraham Lincoln inthe 1860 Presidential election...

Author: By Michael A. Levitt, | Title: Schlesinger: Scholars Ignore Political History | 5/6/1988 | See Source »

...candidates haven't really thought abouthigher education and these problems," said RobertM. Rosenzweig, president of the Association ofAmerican Universities (AAU), a Washington, D.C.group representing the nation's 54 most prominentresearch universities...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Bok, Officials Will Advise '88 Bidders | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

...first two directors were dedicated membersof the academy, Neustadt and Warren Professor ofAmerican History Ernest R. May. Later, Moore, whohas held senior positions in government, ran theInstitute for 12 years. Moore left the IOP whenPresident Reagan named him ambassador-at-large, incharge of refugee affairs...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Appointment of Ex-Governor Marks New Educational Purpose for IOP | 2/5/1987 | See Source »

...sophomore year I was inlimbo, losing any of the faith I had had inconservatism and Ronald Reagan," Kenworthy says."I had thought that having a strong nationaldefense was a fine idea, but I shifted toward aliberal view because I weighed the human lossversus the increased efficiency and protection ofAmerican interests that are so much a part of theconservative ideology." During the latter part ofsophomore year, he came increasingly to view theGovernment Department as too conservative...

Author: By Matthew A. Saal, | Title: Changing Lanes | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

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