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...Since the election, the Democrats have veered left with the selection of a San Francisco liberal, Nancy Pelosi, as their House leader. And they have veered right with a prompt post-election capitulation to the President on a homeland-security bill. It is a family feud over whether to sharpen or blur their differences with Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making Of A Comeback | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...help professors bring innovative approaches to their scholarly arguments. “You can, in preparing a political argument, learn things you wouldn’t learn if you were only trying to answer other professors,” he says, “so it forces you to sharpen your thinking and come to the point in a way that scholarly thinking cannot...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Going Public | 10/31/2002 | See Source »

...Dean Lagemann and I have made clear that we believe the school needs to substantially sharpen its focus towards what is a central domestic problem in America—the efficacy of public schools in preparing people for the next generation,” Summers said...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GSE Dean Stresses Teacher Training | 9/20/2002 | See Source »

...knife into the organization in order to restore the system," Mitsui said in a magazine interview given before he went to jail. For now, he'll have to console himself with the knowledge that, while his co-workers may hate him, others are willing to help him sharpen the knife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snitches | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...knew we could hang [through the middle]” freshman Lacey Whitmire said. “But we really wanted to sharpen it up because we didn’t want to start down and we wanted to use up everything...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Heavies Post Best Time This Year In Win | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

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