Word: preaching
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...We’ll more naturally think about the organization of the House and its management,” Badaracco says. “We hope to practice what we preach...
...week near Arkansas' state capitol to drum up support for his tax cuts, a few blocks away, at nearly the same hour, Republican Governor Mike Huckabee was imploring his balky legislature to support a tax raise. "I envy his position of being able to come to Little Rock and preach tax cuts while I preach a tax increase," Huckabee told TIME. "He has a tool that I do not have, called deficit spending, and can shift--or at least not fix--the Medicaid issue, which is causing most of my heartburn." Medicaid costs in Arkansas have risen from $1.2 billion...
While still vice-president under Gusmorino, Lee took issue with a Crimson article announcing her candidacy for president with the headline “Social Clubbers Preach Girl Power...
Then one Sunday at church some teenage boys I had befriended suggested that I preach out on the streets. We got ourselves an amplifier and traveled to towns in Texas and Louisiana. I would cry out, "I used to want fancy clothes and cars and money, but now that I've found God, I'm a happy man. I drive this pickup truck; it doesn't drive me. Hallelujah...
Moreover, it is disingenuous to launch a war against the wishes of the U.N. and then preach the gospel of internationalism afterwards. Nations that did not support this military action should not have to pay to clean up after it, and idealists are sorely mistaken if they believe some form of U.N. involvement in Iraqi reconstruction will convey retroactive legitimacy for the American-led unauthorized preemptive action. Of course, there should be broad international consultation, especially involving Iraq’s regional neighbors, about how to proceed. America would be foolish to act unilaterally and ignore international opinion...