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More than three years have passed since George W. Bush started calling himself a "compassionate conservative," yet even now you could be forgiven for wondering what the phrase means. Last week the President delivered as thorough an answer as we are likely to get: a federal budget as thick and implacable as a tombstone. Bush's budget illustrates why compassionate conservatism, as a practical governing philosophy, is doomed. The first half of the phrase cancels out the second--or maybe it's the other way around. In any case, Bush finds himself in a muddle--too timid to admit...
However, at 79 minutes, the album may have benefited from more thorough editing. “Jah Rastafari” almost seems a parody of Burning Spear, and Summers’ R&B hit “Call It What You Want” was probably best left...
Limits on arsenic in drinking water may or may not need a "thorough review," but everyone can agree this is a golden marketing opportunity...
...ever flew aboard the Mir space station, you'd know how important it was to urinate on the barbed wire surrounding the launchpad before you went up. If you were especially thorough, you might want to douse the wheels of the bus that carried...
report agreed that they did thorough and thoughtful analysis, and came...