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...special effort needs to be made to emphasize the unique possibilities of public service, which go far beyond any financial considerations. Government service is unique because of its "ripple effect." Like a drop of water in pond, infinitely magnified by the outward rings of ripples, government offers the opportunity to empower others who will, in turn, make great contributions on their own. Government offers the chance to confront our most challenging national problems, and use these as opportunities to help improve lives. In this way, through government service, individual ability, training and potential can be leveraged to make significant contributions...
...advantage of a virtual affair is that it shifts the emphasis in a relationship from outward appearances to inner thoughts and feelings. Result: a quick and intense intimacy. That tends to make women happy. "It forces men to do something they don't normally engage in: communication," says psychologist Al Cooper of the San Jose Marital and Sexuality Centre. "You have to communicate...
However, Janowski's outward appearance of confidence, on and off the court, was somewhat of a facade...
...Like all relationships, this one can be ignored or neglected; it is also possible to deny that it exists altogether. But once acknowledged, this relationship requires things of us. Because we are human, it requires that we probe to the limits of our comprehension, and then push those limits outward with all our strength and diligence, in continuing to seek understanding of the mysteries of the universe. At this point the education of the intellect and the education of the spirit are virtually indistinguishable. And it requires also that we probe within, for the meanings of our own existence...
...through a strangely refracted temperament that is not exactly second-class but agitated and sometimes grandiose enough to make Americans nervous. He has proved himself an impresario of leverage in using Congress to change America, a sort of hothouse genius. Americans may discover in 1996 whether Gingrich can evolve outward--as a truly popular leader in the open...