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...dust settled from the financial panic of late September and early October, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had clearly been thinking about it for a while. Normally a believer in brevity, especially at press conferences, he arrived in the Treasury press room Wednesday morning with a 3,500-word speech prepared. He then proceeded to read the whole thing, taking a few big swigs of water along the way, before hoarsely submitting to questions...
...clock hour. When it was about 10:00 p.m. we had a discussion in the back room to make that call. So 11:00 p.m. was a little anti-climactic for us. The time that we really all stopped and listened was when he came on to give his speech...
...more lives.” I nodded at all of this. Chris spoke with incredible fluency, not an “um” or “like” in sight. He had good posture. He made eye contact. No surprise, he was continuing mock trial and speech and debate at the college level. Sitting across from him on the futon, I felt a little hunched and inarticulate. What exactly did he want to do as president? I asked. What kinds of changes did he want to make? “A theme in the future that...
...this, an overt bid for status—even an outrageous one—seemed kind of sweet. And these boys were so young. Have you ever experienced a devastating setback? I asked Chris. Last year, he said, he had only made it into the top ten nationwide for speech and debate. He would never be national high school champion. I blinked, and once again felt old. The way Chris told the story of his high school years, it sounded like the plot of “She’s All That.” He had metamorphosed from...
This same idea was echoed in President-Elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last Tuesday: “It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.” Men and women constantly grapple with the imperative to serve their country, for better or for worse. It is worth examining the reasons for making that choice...