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...Johnson's slovenly idealism came at the end of a great liberal pendulum swing. His attempt to throw money at urban problems created all sorts of unintended consequences. It hastened a new culture of poverty, subsidizing the collapse of poor families, reinforcing a plague of out-of-wedlock births and soaring crime rates. And Bush's attempt to confront tyranny with utopian bellicosity may presage the end of the conservative pendulum swing. It flies in the face of reality. The Iraq fiasco has weakened our military and our standing in the world. Indeed, our intemperate behavior has sent a powerful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing with Fire | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

Some first-years, however, were not so fond of Summers’ swing...

Author: By Lauren A.E. Schuker and Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Summers Storms Annenberg | 1/7/2005 | See Source »

Although most students were off campus for winter vacation when the tidal wave struck, they swarmed e-mail lists voicing their concern and planning relief efforts that will now go into full swing as students return to Cambridge...

Author: By Bari M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Campus Offers Disaster Victims Aid | 1/5/2005 | See Source »

...DIED. ARTIE SHAW, 94, suave, inventive clarinetist and bandleader in the '30s and '40s whose hit recording of Cole Porter's Begin the Beguine and subsequent work helped define the Big Band era; in Lakeville, Connecticut. In between frequent retirements, the "King of Swing" recorded such hits as Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive, Moonglow and Dancing in the Dark with his eponymous big band and the Grammercy Five. A brainy and sometimes irascible perfectionist who was married eight times (including to Lana Turner and Ava Gardner), Shaw had little patience for the music business, which he quit for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/3/2005 | See Source »

Instead of obsessively pandering to swing voters, Democrats must win more Americans over to our humane and common-sense vision. But we won’t convince anyone until we act like we actually believe in that vision. That means taking some risks. Dean captured people’s hearts with his candor and conviction. Sure, Democrats loved his opposition to the Iraq war, while his NRA-friendly views on gun control… not so much. But we respected him because he stood by his beliefs. He kept it real, and his straight talk inspired people who were turned...

Author: By Eoghan W. Stafford, | Title: 'Cause You Forgot About Bill | 12/21/2004 | See Source »

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