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...tree of liberty," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants every 20 years." Jefferson did not make the remarks because tyrants are born in batches. He made them because he thought it necessary that each generation renew its commitment to the values on which its society is based. And Jefferson knew the sacrifice that would entail...
...girl back." MacDonald responds with two long, tough letters describing Rowan's attitude as an "adolescent dream" and maintaining that his celebrity has given him an "iron insistence upon being totally right in all things." After this, does Rowan take MacDonald's well-intentioned scolding to heart and renew the friendship on a deeper, more self-aware basis? Or does he bitterly take offense and break everything off? Even readers who get out about as often as Willie Sutton should know the answer to that...
Krayer, a sophomore forward on the men's hockey team, recently elected to take this semester off. A press release announcing Krayer's decision said he needs time to renew his interest in school. Apparently, playing hockey isn't reason alone to be at Harvard...
Krayer, a sophomore, said he is not getting enough out of his education at Harvard and needs time to renew his interest...
Atlanta, Houston and New Orleans probably have an inside track because the party would like to renew its old ties with the South. Atlanta pitched itself as the birthplace of the "New South," mixing a ride on the city's modern subway with mint juleps, barbecue and country music in an antebellum mansion at Stone Mountain. Atlanta turned Native Son Jimmy Carter, not the most popular figure in the Democratic Party, into an asset. The highlight of the trip turned out to be a VIP tour of the Carter Presidential Center, after which the former President treated the committee...