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...also have to mobilize it effectively. During a handful of periods in American history--like the New Deal--congressional opposition to the court was so intense that the court did an about-face. More frequently, though, opposition has been more diffuse, leading the court to beat only a partial retreat or ignore its critics. During the 1960s, for example, Congress complained about the Warren Court's school prayer and apportionment decisions, but there was no public outcry, and the court stood its ground...
...first battles to be followed on a near daily basis in newspapers, thanks to the invention of the telegraph. As his fame grew and his quest for true republican victory was repeatedly stymied, Garibaldi, who lived to 75, would often disappear on far-flung journeys, or to his island retreat. Not only did this help him stay one step ahead of his enemies, but it saved the Lion of Caprera from another risk to his cult-like status and democratic aspirations: overexposure. For Garibaldi understood that translating his fighting fame into political victory was the most challenging battle...
...Since 1971 the commune's 800 residents, inspired by the ideals of peace and free love, have maintained a free-wheeling idyll in this former navy base - an overgrown woodland spotted with lakes and pretty redbrick and wood houses that provides a retreat for artists, musicians and free-thinkers of all stripes in a self-declared "free state" that flies its own flag and does not pay market property tax rates...
Even as employers retreat from providing expensive benefits like lifetime health coverage, they are finding that adoption assistance is relatively inexpensive--and yields disproportionately high rewards in employee loyalty, community goodwill and solid-gold p.r. Unlike maternity benefits, adoption assistance isn't covered by medical or disability insurance, meaning the entire cost must come directly from an employer's pocket. Still, only 0.5% of employees tap adoption benefits, but the assistance is so appreciated that workers gush about it to colleagues, spreading the warm, fuzzy corporate feelings. "Not to cheapen it, but it's cost-effective goodwill," says Sorensen...
...stain to boot ($6 or $7, she estimates). “I am a hypocrite,” she says, adding that she’s tried dumpster-diving and sewing her own clothes. “To right now divorce myself entirely from the market economy and to retreat into a cottage somewhere to grow my own food and feel less guilty about myself...would be a very insular way to make myself feel good.” It might seem like the outspoken liberal has it all figured out, but Provost is still a work in progress...