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...aura of white - driving down a lonely East Texas road. He was born not far from there, across the state line in Arkansas, and from 1972 onward, he has nursed the belief that he might somehow reconnect the working-class whites of that region to the Democratic Party. Scant luck so far. But he was still at it in advance of the Texas vote, stumping through places like Tyler and Lufkin and Texarkana and Nacogdoches - proving that the Clintons still believe in a place called Hope...
...change he represents to his upper-middle class, highly-educated supporters (his most reliable voters in the primaries) who are, I imagine, not looking for revolution. But because of our collective charitableness towards unknown quantities—be they movie stars who died too young or politicians with scant records (and, in the case of John F. Kennedy, both)—Barack Obama may be able to ride the James Dean Effect all the way to the Democratic nomination and the White House. And, in the meantime, he’ll find himself on dorm room walls to boot...
...students” as their pupils and are in the classroom to learn as well. For one, students have not had broad exposure over many semesters to the methods and types of instruction that professors variously employ. They furthermore place too much weight on short-term priorities—scant homework and easy grades—than more far-sighted goals, such as mastery of the subject matter. Students’ short, four-year time horizon clouds their vistas and consequently biases any potentially helpful advice they might proffer.Of course, the process of education does not and should not terminate...
...with the conservative base of the Republican Party. Just years after courting the gay vote in Massachusetts, Romney became a national spokesman for the sanctity of heterosexual marriage. After running two campaigns as a pro-choice politician, he became a leader of the pro-life cause in Massachusetts. Despite scant experience as a hunter and a history of supporting some gun control, he joined the National Rifle Association...
...There are scant signs, though, that it will. Gates' letter to Germany specifically requested up to 1,000 troops for the south together with helicopters. Within 24 hours, Germany responded with a simple rejection, although it will be sending another 250 rapid reaction troops to the north. Neither party in Germany's current ruling grand coalition government wants to stick its neck out on the unpopular proposal in the runup to elections next year. France is considering the request but any decision to dispatch more troops will likely be tied to a greater role in strategic decision-making. Other countries...