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...steam. Republicans have done little to disprove Mrs. Clinton's claim that she did nothing illegal on behalf of Madison Guaranty, the now defunct savings and loan association that was headed by Jim McDougal, the Clintons' partner in their Whitewater land investment. Similarly, there's no evidence that the thrift got favorable treatment from a Clinton-appointed state bank regulator, Beverly Bassett Schaffer...
...population (8,500) has been stable for years. Its economy has largely weathered the farming recessions, thanks mostly to the thriving, family-owned Wells dairy empire, whose output entitles Le Mars to bill itself as the "ice cream capital of the world." Like most Midwestern towns, Le Mars values thrift. Residents still fondly recall that in 1975 Jimmy Carter and his press secretary, Jody Powell, saved six bucks by sharing a room at the Amber Inn. Local Democrats fell for Carter, but there weren't many of them. The place is Republican to the core and decidedly conservative. A billboard...
Transitions thrift store in Boston will help you look your best for the annual Adams House Fete or wherever your ghoulish glee leads...
...lived most of her 87 years in a country that offered her little opportunity. Now, in her old age, she is finally spending a bit of money on herself, and has given $150,000 to a scholarship fund exclusively for black college students. Instead of congratulating her on her thrift and industry, Michael Kinsley nitpicked about reverse discrimination and quotas [ESSAY, Aug. 28]. One hears scant protest when wealthy alumni donate far greater sums to the Harvards and Yales of America for the benefit of wealthy whites. How quickly white people refer to the Constitution and equal opportunity when their...
...with their heavy baggage of class and compromise. She traveled light, proud of her roots as a grocer's daughter from the small town of Grantham but never tethered by working-class resentments or delusions of inferiority. Her parents taught her the verities they believed in: Methodism, hard work, thrift and the importance of the individual. She has never wavered from them, and they run through the book...