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...curiosity and thereby minimize the importance of his contribution to the Supreme Court. Any fair person who has read Thomas' decisions is forced to admit that he has emerged as an intellectually vigorous voice on the court. His writings this term, like those of previous years, have articulated a robust judicial philosophy that properly respects the text and history of the Constitution and show due sensitivity for the policymaking role of the democratically elected branches of government...
...Bells attribute the delays to less sinister causes. U.S. West blames any slowness in providing lines on the robust growth of the Rocky Mountain region. In addition, the loss of lucrative corporate clients to the upstarts could force the Bells to jack up rates for less profitable residential service. Says Jamie DePeau, a spokesperson for NYNEX, the Baby Bell in the Northeast: "Competitors are saying, 'Let us skim off your best customers, and you guys get stuck with people who don't make any calls...
Obviously, any healthy society must deem financial support for children a moral obligation of parenthood. The point, which Gingrich so conveniently glides over, is that in a truly robust society this won't be the only such obligation; the current crisis of the family goes beyond dollars and cents. When journalists note pointedly that Timothy McVeigh was a child of divorce, they aren't suggesting that the attendant financial insecurity is what caused psychological problems...
...overconfident Labour campaign. Major has helped broker progress toward peace in Northern Ireland, a considerable achievement. He can also be credited with overseeing a striking economic upturn. Economic growth is strong, exports are booming, and unemployment is at 8.5%, one of the lowest levels in the E.U. This robust performance is dampened only by a continued weakness in the housing market, which means many erstwhile Tory voters are saddled with burdensome mortgages after the bursting of the 1980s property-market bubble. But despite all the good news--and to Major's unending chagrin--he gets little credit...
...robust art form will often have its health called into question. Take English theater, for example. American visitors to London commonly discover that theater there flourishes as in no American city--and that newspaper reviewers are constantly issuing mournful prognoses and wistful elegies for some dim golden age. Conversely, when an art form is regularly praised for its strength, you naturally grow a little apprehensive...