Word: patting
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...most common criticism of this idea, as I understand it, is that such a course would amount to slightly more than a semester-long articulation of a "Yale sucks" cheer. Some argue that sponsoring a course on the history of Harvard would simply encourage students to pat each other on the back and indulge in a moment of silent prayer and thanksgiving that they did not end up in New Haven or Princeton, New Jersey. They argue further that the mere fact that so many prominent figures in the American past attended Harvard signifies very little; Harvard was simply...
...polite. In the two months since he announced his candidacy, Forbes has inched up to second place in New Hampshire, where most polls show him with about 10% of the g.o.p. vote vs. front runner Bob Dole with 37%. And in Iowa, Forbes is tied for second with Pat Buchanan and Phil Gramm at 7%, according to a poll of likely caucus participants by PSI, a research firm. That's largely because of message and money. Forbes, who heads the magazine-publishing company founded by his grandfather, has been writing generous checks for compelling commercials in those states. Having spurned...
Many said they felt cheated of their chance to defeat gravity by launching a pat of butter onto the Union's ceiling, citing a long tradition of dairy ballistics...
After 23 years in the House of Representatives, Colorado's Pat Schroeder says this term will be her last. Credited with pinning the "Teflon president" label on Ronald Reagan, Schroeder is the highest-ranking woman in Congress and the first to be appointed to the Armed Services (now National Security) committee. First elected to the House in 1972, Schroeder flirted with a presidential bid for three months in 1987 before dropping out. She becomes the latest in an increasing line of congressional incumbents who won't seek re-election next year. So far, seven Democrats and three Republicans have announced...
...Louisiana. Buchanan's approach is just the opposite, and his meanspirited ideas can only bring about a more divided nation, with the rich at one end and the forgotten poor at the other. America, down here in Louisiana, we knew Huey Long. Huey Long was a friend of ours. Pat Buchanan is no Huey Long. MATTHEW F. BLOCK Thibodaux, Louisiana Via E-mail...