Word: saws
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...story, true or not, conveys the essence of how Barry Goldwater saw himself and how his admirers, liberals and conservatives, often came to see him too. Americans like their conservatives to be curmudgeonly--irascible, unblinkered, plain-talking tellers of uncomfortable truths, with a keen eye for hypocrisy. Curmudgeons are amusing, colorful and, most important, utterly harmless. Mr. Conservative's public career spanned 40 years, and for most of them he managed to be thought curmudgeonly--almost universally enjoyed, like a prickly old teddy bear you can't help hugging...
Only a few years ago, few took the geeky ideologue seriously. Infuriated by what he saw as Governor Pete Wilson's anti-immigrant stance, Unz challenged him in the '94 G.O.P. primary, garnering 34% of the vote. Unz's opposition to Proposition 187, the measure that would have excluded illegal immigrant children from public school, has stood him well in attracting Latino support. "My mother learned English easily in school," he says. "Latino parents want their kids to learn English...
...that's just what happened to the lightweight varsity eights on May 30, as the two-time defending national champion saw a potential third fall by the wayside. Just six-tenths of a second separated Radcliffe and 1998 national champion Villanova...
...effort to provide such an environment, Harvard has attracted the dollars of those donors who would like to help the College achieve a level of commitment toward its undergraduates they never saw in their years in Cambridge...
Many alumnae said they saw Knowles' letter as atacit appeal for donations, adding they had neverreceived letters like his before. Twelve alumnaesigned and delivered a letter to Knowles andPresident Neil L. Rudenstine, criticizing Knowlesfor not consulting Radcliffe President Linda S.Wilson before sending the report...