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...could get away with extramarital fun--even in the context of an open marriage. Will he make similar bad calls as president? Perhaps, but it's hard to believe that they will harm the country. Besides, no one he's up against for the nomination has a claim to pure judgment...
...this was no nuclear abolitionist, no Jimmy Carter daring to dream about the "elimination of all nuclear weapons from this earth." Nor was it Ronald Reagan, putting his faith in a pure defense that would render nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." Instead, it was classic George Bush, a traditionalist and pragmatist, striving for boldness without undermining a quality he values even more: prudence...
Galston and other prominent Democratic campaign strategists like David Sawyer and John Rendon are apoplectic at the sight of the current crop of candidates blithely walking away from foreign policy and defense issues. "Idiocy, pure and simple," says Sawyer. "There are certain tests a prospective President must pass before he can seriously contest the election. Foremost among these is the question of whether a particular candidate is imaginable in the role of Commander in Chief...
...what Harvard needs right now is pure and simple...
...attacks with venomous humor the state of affairs that allows men's colleges to sup off partridges and wine and dwell in marble halls, while women's colleges are unable to afford anything better than beef, water and bricks. Here and elsewhere in the play, Woolf emphasizes that pure intelligence is not enough for women who want to succeed in life. They also must know how to struggle...