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...communications aides, speech writers and press secretaries, image consultants, policy experts and Secret Service agents -- that it seemed a deliberate effort to taunt his Democratic rivals, a dare to take him on. In his speech, he ignored them completely, choosing instead to tangle with Texas Gov. George W. Bush, upon whom Republican hopes for victory in 2000 have quickly come to rest. Without mentioning him by name, Gore derided Bush as a cheap convert to centrist politics, dismissing Bush's brand of "compassionate conservatism" as empty sloganeering. "Compassion is more than a pretty word," Gore monotoned. "It is the highest...
...After folks meet they discover that there aresome issues that they do agree upon. What we'rehoping comes out of this is to get the folks whoare really on the front line to see what kind ofthings they can do together" said Peter Altschul,senior program associate of the Network...
...member: Dylan Pickles, who is promptly and unfortunately nicknamed "Dil" by his very own parents. He turns out to be just as sour as his namesake, much to older brother Tommy's dismay. To allay Tommy's miseries, his father Stu takes him to the basement and bestows "responsibility" upon him in the form of an heirloom pocket watch; as a big brother, Stu tells Tommy, he now has a responsibility to take care of Dil. Tommy is awed by the watch his father has given him, and takes good care of the "sponsitility," as he calls it, throughout...
There is a midrash (a legend) that explains, "the further you are from Sinai [the moment of revelation], the more you are diminished." Bak varies the notion of family lineage in From Generation to Generation through a series. An elder from the village of Vilna, gazes upon versions of himself, his body decreasing in size, each time preserving his old age. The ancestors bless their descendents but stare toward the earth, without joy or life. It is as if these men have always been old, but one cannot tell which man is the oldest. Each generation, now with the knowledge...
...Eliot House resident tutor had initially observed the alleged intruder waiting outside an entryway door. Upon the approach, the alleged intruder remained evasive to questions and the tutor asked him to leave...