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Distrust of government is as old as the Republic. In fact, it's in some ways the basis of the Republic; the framers took great pains to dilute and spread out the powers of the central government. They did not want an overweening concentration of power at the center of our national life. At the same time, they arrived at those checks and balances through a spirit of compromise--something that's notably absent today in Washington. On the final day of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin noted that every member should "doubt a little...
...still considered obese at 219 lb., for the first time in her life she can shop at what she calls "skinny people" stores. She counts fat grams obsessively and adheres to her diet whenever she's at a restaurant. On a recent visit to an Olive Garden, it took her 20 minutes to find something on the menu she could eat. She is also exercising regularly. "Whenever I'd try to do a sport at home, there'd always be really skinny people who were always really good at it, and I'd feel kind of awkward," she says. "Here...
Fred often spoke of his total astonishment at how his simple idea for a better-flying cake pan took off. "It's amaaaaazing ... I've been the luckiest guy in the world...
Similarly, the men took down Brown in a decisive 20-7 victory headed by sophomore Valentin Staller, who earned a perfect 9-0 record on the sabre in the tournament...
Although the celebration took place two weeks after the actual holiday, it drew several hundred families, Jillson estimated...