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White House aides, adapting to his mellow managerial style, seldom prod the President, nor he them. Instead, Reagan waits for an amiable consensus to develop among his advisers, who work within the boundaries of Reagan's ideology. Except for his unbudging devotion to a military buildup and opposition to tax increases, he often accepts uncritically his advisers' recommendations. Such openness has cured Reagan of certain ideological tics: he now understands, for instance, that the International Monetary Fund is no mere Third World boondoggle. Yet his grasp of important issues is often shaky and, even more troubling, he seems...
Even if these claims are valid, they are not new, especially to Black Americans. They should come as no surprise to any American nor should they because for the cessation of this long overdue remedy. Privilege (illgotten or otherwise) is seldom relinquished without strife...
...only thing that stood between Harvard and an even larger margin of victory was Crimson Coach John Dooley. Dooley relied on his seldom-used reserves for most of the contest and didn't play his first line after the first two periods. He yanked starting netminder Cheryl Tate after a period for backup Tracy Kimmel...
Like Houghton, the Kress Library is humidity controlled with special temperature gauges for the preservation of the Business School's rare books. Like Houghton, this library is one of the world's most famous, although it is seldom appreciated, and security is tight at Kress as well...
...fame. "They really believed they could transfer the aura of celebrity into a political gain," says a politician from Glenn's home state. "It is now clear they can't do that." Americans are indeed eager to see Hero Glenn, but once the crowds gather, they are seldom won over. At the Iowa State Fairgrounds, he wanted to shorten his 25-minute prepared speech, but his extemporaneous rambling actually added twelve minutes. Instead of consoling or rousing angry steelworkers at a plant in Chicago, Glenn disappointingly told them that he did not know the particulars of their factory...