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That has always been a problem for Republicans seeking to woo Jewish voters and financial support. Opposition to many pet causes of the Christian right, such as school prayer, has kept most Jews firmly in the Democratic camp. But that may be changing. At the AIPAC convention last week, one of the most enthusiastically received speakers was DeLay, the born-again Christian who has lately positioned himself as the most ardent Zionist in Congress. At the grass roots, Jews say they feel a growing solidarity with Fundamentalist Christians about Israel. "I listen to Rush Limbaugh now," says Moira Klein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right's New Crusade | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...this year’s second-place winners, Acuta Lifesciences, evolved out of a Harvard class. The company’s first product is an injection-based pet sterilization system that avoids the need for surgery. The idea for the system came from a concept that Acuta’s organizers studied in Engineering Sciences 143, a class that teaches how to develop a biotech start-up firm...

Author: By Jonathan P. Abel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Internet Ideas Win Enterprise Award | 5/1/2002 | See Source »

Tipper Gore's pick for President didn't win, but there's hope yet for her pet cause. As Congress considers legislation granting parity for insurance coverage of mental health disorders and medical problems, President Bush is urging lawmakers to send him a bill by Memorial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mental Health: An Even Playing Field? | 4/30/2002 | See Source »

When I was a Senate Page boy long ago in the 1950s, my boss was Lyndon Johnson's young pet lizard, Bobby Baker. Senator Johnson would snap his fingers softly, and I would hustle to the cooler in the Democratic cloakroom to bring him a glass of White Rock sparkling water or dash down the marble back stairs to the Senate restaurant to fetch a dish of vanilla ice cream, which he ate at his desk on the Senate floor as he played his mighty legislative Wurlitzer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Part Devil, Part Angel | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...sure to attract the support of the disgruntled student body? If he concentrated on bettering student space, perhaps we would be renovating the Malkin Athletic Center to more efficiently use its largely wasted space. If he made study abroad—which the Faculty brought up—his pet peeve, he could expedite its expansion even further and maybe make it better than competitors’ offerings...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: Summers, Pick a Concentration | 4/24/2002 | See Source »

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