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Meanwhile, another former Republican President, Richard Nixon, urged Bush to stop his staff from contrasting his hands-on energy with Reagan's well-known sloth and detachment. Bush, whose politeness is legendary, was furious that anyone on his payroll would blurt such disrespectful truths. One senior Bushman who had also worked for Reagan felt obliged to write to Nancy Reagan (with a copy to President Bush) denying he had bad-mouthed her husband...
Free Enterprise Dept.: If you have been wondering about the mysterious banner hanging from Holworthy Hall that reads "The Giant Sloth--The Legend Continues," it is the brainchild of Winthrop House resident Randy K. Toth '90. The giant sloth, a now extinct species that gained fame in Darwin's Origin of Species, slept 22 hours per day and woke only to eat. Believing that the somnolent creature is an appropriate mascot for some Harvard students, Toth decided to launch a Giant Sloth Movement...
...motive is not, however, strictly sentimental. Toth had a stock of T-shirts printed that read--you guessed it--"The Giant Sloth: The Legend Continues." He predicts that once the movement catches fire, he will be able to hawk the shirts in dining halls and unload them on giant sloth fans at $7 a crack. Keep that in mind when you are tempted to discount John Kenneth Galbraith's thesis that producers create the demand for their products...
...inch below the lush turf of the Reagan prosperity, fault lines are already formed. While the elderly have grown more affluent, one-fifth of America's children live in poverty. While there was a legitimate need to increase defense resources, the Administration tolerated such sloth that blatant waste and scams eventually evoked an anti-Pentagon backlash. While Reagan celebrated deregulation as the key to a more creative economy, lax scrutiny of the savings and loan industry contributed to widespread failures that will cost taxpayers tens of billions. Wall Street's obsession with wasteful takeovers diverted resources away from constructive investment...
Florida is the epitome of spring break sloth. Bikinis and beers. Beaches and babes. It's a vacationer's paradise...