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...message team are Hughes and Rove. At campaign headquarters in Austin, an industrious policy shop churns out ideas that fit into the compassionate conservative rubric. Rove then picks the optimal political moment to unveil them. In a process Rove describes as "political heuristics," most people don't retain the details of Bush's proposals, but they come away with a positive feeling about Bush that makes them more inclined to vote for him. "They get a sense of his values, of what kind of a person he is," says Rove...
...deal prevented the elder Carlow from selling the store out from under his son, by giving Bruce the right of first refusal should a sale be contemplated. In return, Bruce agreed to pay his father $2,500 a month plus 7% interest over a 10-year period and to retain him under the company's health-insurance policy. "My father has been very generous with me, and I know that he will be taken care of," says Carlow, who bought the store in 1990. "I also know that I have some security for myself and my family...
Unlike other sports, a college hockey player is allowed to retain his NCAA eligibility when he is drafted. The team that selects him retains his rights throughout his collegiate career...
...important that you must immediately respond to it. How in the world can it be progress to give up all rights to a private life just because it's possible to do so? Are we turning into some sort of automaton consumers who live for commerce, or will we retain the spiritual and emotional qualities that make us something more than consuming machines? ROB GLASER Chicago...
...Christopher Buckley's peek into the totally wired society of the future is to be believed [VIEWPOINT, May 29], as it should be, the only people who retain a sliver of civility will be those we now regard as uncivilized--the ones who will not have had the opportunity to choose a personal digital assistant as their master. Orwell had it right. ERNEST M. HALLE Pittsburgh...