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...time, history will weigh the fruits of his labors. Did this President leave the country better off or worse, richer or poorer, kinder or crueler, safer or in greater danger? But that is not Bush's concern. "A President shouldn't worry about how history will judge him," he says. And he gives every indication that it is God's judgment that concerns him. But that comes with a promise of forgiveness that history can easily withhold. --With reporting by David Van Biema/New York, Rita Healy/Denver, Betsy Rubiner/Des Moines, Nathan Thornburgh/Lowell and John F. Dickerson with Bush
...means that in any given classroom you have a very high chance of being with somebody who’s very different from you, and that could be students from 80 different countries,” Nye said. “And I think that makes a richer environment in the classroom...
McCormick argues that Europe was richer than had been believed and that the economy was driven primarily by the exportation of slaves on a massive scale...
...return to the time when eating was seen not just as a way to fill up but as an opportunity to transact the business of being human. A set table and a balanced meal take a lot more work than a carry-out pizza. But the rewards are infinitely richer...
...very principles of free enterprise," says Phil Angelides, the California state treasurer and a board member of the California Public Employees' Retirement System. He endorses recent efforts to rein in those eye-popping stock-option grants but notes that CEOs still seem to find a way to get richer at their employer's expense. Grants of restricted stock have in some cases replaced the value of options for executives. Retirement benefits and deferred-compensation packages can also amount to millions of dollars and yet remain relatively invisible to investors...