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...after a single term as governor, Kerrey actually left politics. He felt no more "call" to do it, he said. Usually, this means the departing public servant hasn't got a chance in hell of winning again. But Kerrey had favorable ratings in Nebraska that rivaled Ronald Reagan's. He said that the fire in his belly had been doused by the prosaic ins and outs of running a state. It was hard for him to "[do] things that aren't you," as The New Republic quoted...
...from a very different philosophy. Gardeners seek to improve on nature and tame its excesses. Restorationists, however, strive to return to the landscape the very things people find hostile, including fires, floods and all the noisome critters that help keep each ecosystem in healthy kilter. "The restorationist is a servant of nature, not of his or her personal whims or tastes," reflects William Jordan III, of the four-year-old Society for Ecological Restoration in Madison, Wis. "A prairie, for instance, is not altogether a pleasant place to be. Some people would not like the grasshoppers and mosquitoes and little...
Giannino decided to run for the school committee last November. The main inspiration to run came from support at home. "The immediate cause is that at my graduation in 1990, two parents came up to me and said, you are going to make a great public servant someday soon--the sooner the better...
Secretary to the Governing Boards Robert Shenton, administrator behind the scenes and tireless civil servant, retired early this summer after 20 years at his post and nearly 40 years at the University...
Secretary to the Governing Boards Robert Shenton, administrator behind the scenes and tireless civil servant, retired early this summer after 20 years at his post and nearly 40 years at the University...