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...other hand, candidates with steadfast principles from which they are never willing to stray can be considered ideologues. Typified by Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas), this candidate places his or her abstract beliefs above any pragmatic concerns. In the case of Paul, he has such a profound distaste for the federal government and its role in our lives and in the lives of others around the world that he supports withdrawal from the United Nations and NATO, wants to eliminate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Education, Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, the Interstate Commerce...
...Faust’s office in Massachusetts Hall. An Ovimbundu walking stick from Angola, a ceremonial ladle from Liberia, a Hunkpapa Sioux staff from the Great Plains of the Dakotas, and an impressionist painting by Milton Avery, entitled “Still Life with Woman,” all stray from the more traditional Western art that former Harvard presidents have used to decorate the room...
...years in jail and $20,000 in fines. The reward for nailing the Pinery's deer slayer: $10,000. "Folks are concerned," says Joe Narracci, president of the local homeowner's association. "Who knows when they could be sitting out on their deck and get hit with a stray bullet ... Can you imagine that happening to a child...
...packed houses even two months after its release, and "Chak De India," a Punjabi phrase meaning "Go India!" has become a trendy catchphrase across the country. "Everything about the film is different," says well-known film critic Vinayak Chakravorty. "The script, direction, treatment, all stray from the usual formula. The result is a good film, which is what audiences increasingly want...
...vote in the district, which stretches from near Lake Ontario to the Pennsylvania border. The next night at a house party in Naples, New York, he told supporters how Kuhl's vote represented the worst of the Republican Party: solidarity with special interest groups and a rigid refusal to stray from the party line...