Word: pledgees
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December 1: In leading the nation in the daily Pledge of Allegiance, Bush accidentally pledges allegiance to the Soviet Union. He is immediately arrested, and begs the American Civil Liberties Union to represent him in court. Unfortunately, Bush forgets that his first executive order disbanded the organization, and he is...
Participating students pledge not to eat dinner in University dining halls, and Harvard will donate the money it saves to a women's cooperative in Nicaragua and a group of farmers in rural Kenya, Marx said.
Perhaps the greatest failing of the current system is that it magnifies the power of ideological true believers in both parties. It can be argued that Bush as the heir to Reagan may have in any case embraced the President's read- my-lips gospel on taxes, but the unyielding...
Whatever the verdict on Tuesday, whatever the margin of victory, that lingering question has already marred the mantle of legitimacy that would otherwise surround the new President. Nothing, for example, could be more specious than Bush's desperate claims in the waning days of the campaign, "If I win, it...
In his campaign for the Presidency, Bush relied heavily on "hot button" issues--the pledge of allegiance and prison furloughs--that carry great emotional appeal, but bear little relevance to Presidential leadership. He avoided pushing specific policy proposals, save for a few trivial programs such as his college savings plan...