Word: reichley
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More important than rancor over specific positions is the impression that social crusading is turning the faith into a "political agenda masked with a veneer of spirituality," in the harsh words of Kent Hill of the conservative Institute on Religion and Democracy. A. James Reichley of the Brookings Institution believes that mainline "social and political action takes away from the religious focus." Mainliners sometimes seem more convinced about the virtues of the Sandinistas or the vices of Nestle than, say, the meaning of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection...
...resignation has enhanced the fin de regime feeling that has hung over the White House since the Moscow summit. With no major battles left to be fought, no treaties to be ratified, no important goals that could realistically be achieved, the Administration seems to be biding its time. James Reichley, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, feels the Administration is in a "tidying-up phase." Says Reichley: "The White House is in an even more defensive mode than at this time last year. They're being careful to prevent things from happening that they don't want to happen...
...Reichley said that the media's emphasis on Brown coeds is unwarranted because the Ivy League women constituted a minority of the women involved in the alleged prostitution ring. He also added that that there were only six other Brown students identified in the photos, not eight as police have stated...
...Reichley said that the four students whom university officials have contacted have denied participation in the prostitution ring. He said the other two students have not yet been reached...
...Reichley said "the media has jumped to unwarranted conclusions that Brown is the center of the focus of this investigation, when it's becoming clearer by the hour that this is an ever-expanding, ever-widening investigation...