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...parlance of Rice's admissions committee, Renaissance Girl was a "clubber," a serial joiner of school organizations who never rises to a leadership position. A Cornell applicant submitted a one-page, single-spaced addendum to his application that cataloged, as an admissions officer exasperatedly termed it, "every activity he's ever participated in." With the "spread too thin" designation on his voting sheet, even his perfect 800 score on the verbal half of the SAT wasn't enough to stave off rejection...
...problem of building a campaign around character, however, is that the past decade has provided serial lessons in its futility. Voters were prepared to overlook Clinton's transgressions in Arkansas in 1992, overlook Whitewater and Paula Jones and Johnny Chung in 1996, look past even Monica in the midterm elections of 1998. They may think Gore shades the truth, but it also may not ultimately matter. Fifty-four percent of likely voters say Gore is "honest and trustworthy enough to be President." That is 13 points lower than Bush. The question, Is it high enough...
...parlance of Rice's admissions committee, Renaissance Girl was a "clubber," a serial joiner of school organizations who never rises to a leadership position. One Cornell applicant submitted a one-page, single-spaced addendum to his application that cataloged, as one admissions officer exasperatedly termed it, "every activity he's ever participated in." With the "spread too thin" designation on his voting sheet, even his perfect 800 score on the verbal half of the SAT wasn't enough to stave off rejection...
...Fabiani, Gore's deputy campaign manager: Bush "was incoherent - he was babbling" in a Saturday campaign stop. Bush strategist Karl Rove, of Gore: "This is a man who has difficulty telling the truth. He constantly exaggerates and embellishes." And spokesperson Karen Hughes chipped in by calling Gore a "serial exaggerator...
...problem of building a campaign around character, however, is that the past decade has provided serial lessons in its futility. Voters were prepared to overlook Clinton's transgressions in Arkansas in 1992, overlook Whitewater and Paula Jones and Johnny Chung in 1996, look past even Monica in the midterm elections of 1998. They may think Gore shades the truth, but it also may not ultimately matter. Fifty-four percent of likely voters say Gore is "honest and trustworthy enough to be President." That is 13 points lower than Bush. The question, Is it high enough...