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...woman to the hospital, Bayne asked the ushers to take her to the church parlor. The doctor, who is something of a gadget freak, was equipped for any contingency. Stashed in his black bag--actually a blue-and-gray fishing-tackle box--was a miniaturized version of every diagnostic tool he needed to assess her symptoms, as well as a full supply of standard emergency-care drugs to treat them. "You've got to stop thinking about bricks and mortar," Bayne says. "Today I am the emergency room...
Incumbency is a powerful tool. Clinton gives a few big waves, then stretches to cool down and beckons to an aide. Things start to happen. Local cops block off the lanes nearest the school and slow down the commuter traffic in the others. The cumbersome motorcade column makes a giant U-turn and pulls onto the highway. Agents secure the area, and Clinton goes over and shakes a block's worth of hands. Little kids stick their tiny fists through the cyclone fence; big kids and teachers grasp high over the top. Fifteen minutes later, as the motorcade pulls away...
...does in private about the danger of corporate conservatism's worship of "the market" above older conservative values such as family, community and country. It's what Daniel Bell famously described as "the cultural contradictions of capitalism." Conservatives back to Edmund Burke viewed the market as a useful tool, not a god. But this tradition is in retreat in the U.S., and it's one Bennett hopes to revive. "There's obviously a tension between the market and virtue," Bennett says. "The market is all about creating desire and gratifying it. Virtue is mostly about postponing gratification...
Smack in the middle of northern Illinois dairy country, and about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Harvard is a typical Midwestern farm town. Most of the 5,975 residents work on dairy farms, in tool and plastics manufacturing, or in health care. In June, Motorola Inc., the telecommunications giant, completed a cellularphone facility, and is the town's largest employer. About 15 percent of the population is Hispanic...
Smack in the middle of northern Illinois dairy country, and about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Harvard is a typical Midwestern farm town. Most of the 5,975 residents work on dairy farms, in tool and plastics manufacturing, or in health care. In June, Motorola Inc., the telecommunications giant, completed a cellular-phone facility, and is the town's largest employer. About 15 percent of the population is Hispanic...