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...fact that Bush has spent a fair chunk of his $70 million on public-opinion surveys. Aren't polls simply an expression of the will of the people? Last week the Republicans in Congress, having read a few polls that showed Americans want their leaders to be fiscally prudent, reversed field and put forth a tax cut smaller than Bush's. But Bush dug in further on his $483 billion tax cut, insisting he was standing on principle but sounding like a guy who's got his back up. He made some pleasant noises about New York Governor George Pataki...
President Clinton is right to use this unusual opportunity for public discussion of energy policy to raise such long-term concerns, reiterating his proposals for tax credits for alternative fuels and energy efficiency. The potential risks of extreme weather events due to climate change make it prudent to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as an insurance policy against more dramatic changes. No matter what technique the U.S. eventually uses to reduce emissions, the price of gasoline to the consumer will have to increase...
...trip, which Israeli police chief Yehuda Wilk calls "the most complicated in [Israel's] history." There are concerns about terrorist missiles (the Pope, atypically, will travel in a Blackhawk helicopter, a small target) and about the itinerary's effect on his health ("at the limit of what's prudent," says a veteran of 60 papal trips). And the expense: just one preparation, the hollowing of a hillside near the town of Korazim for a papal Mass, cost the Israelis $3 million...
...proposed alumni distance learning alliance between Yale, Princeton and Stanford is a pioneer effort to combine the educational resources of premiere universities with the multi-faceted potential of online technology. Nevertheless, Harvard has rightly decided to steer clear of the alliance for the time being. This is a prudent course of action given the proposed program's fledgling status, its minimal impact to undergraduates and the University's current shortage of Faculty...
Tony Johnson, by the way, said he would have voted Bush except that as an ex-con, he had lost his voting rights. A friend chugged by in a pickup, and Tony made like The Rifleman, pretending to lock and load. It seemed prudent at this juncture to ask Tony why he'd been in the can. Weapons charges, he said. "I had you in my sights too," he added, talking about my approach...