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...Terriers dominated the opening minutes, rattling off five-straight scores to start the contest. Behind Taft??s two first-half goals, BU led 7-1 at the break...
Ever since Dwight Eisenhower strode across a Chicago street to shake the late Senator Taft??s hand in July, 1952, the combination of a popular leader and general political success has imposed an artificial solidarity on the diverse ranks of the Republican Party. Eisenhower has repeatedly called his administration’s philosophy “modern Republicanism,” and in many cases those GOP leaders who tend to read “New Deal” for “modern” have been content to hold their peace rather than buck the political...
Roosevelt wrote columns and delivered speeches sharply chastising Taft, accusing him of violating “every canon of ordinary decency and fair dealing.” O’Toole’s narrative of the ruined friendship paints Roosevelt as the pigheaded party who refused Taft??s peace gestures. Taft is the far more sympathetic figure. For instance, while on the stump, Taft broke into tears, lamenting that “Roosevelt was my closest friend...
Hafner, Driver, Russell and Sifers all graduated from Taft in 2002 and were very close friends during their time there. “You couldn’t imagine a nicer kid than Peter Hafner, just so genuine,” said Sifers, who also played alongside Hafner on Taft??s lacrosse team. “We did the same sports, the same seasons, the same workouts. We were together all the time...
Perhaps the Samoa is a fat joke of a bygone era. (If this is the reality, kudos to Girl Scouts past, for such a joke is quite bright.) In that only mildly inappropriate way that pop culture tends to reference Howard Taft??s or Larry Summers’ size whenever those names are mentioned, maybe we can all agree joking about the Samoans is hurtful. But a so-called patriotic organization’s retreat in the face of the Samoan lobby is farcical. (Oh, it exists: just ask the portly pork-barreler Eni Faleomavaega, American Samoa?...