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...First, it's to educate the students on what George W. Bush actually stands for, behind his veil of compassionate conservatism," Sanberg said. "Second, it's to show the Democrats as the party that represents student concerns...
...much more to the brain than we thought." Gorman points out that the benefit of new findings in brain research "is often not the thing you thought it was. We're still in the dark about so much of the brain, but anytime you can raise the veil a little bit, it's exciting...
...Gore is a proven debater, having aced his stare-downs with Ross Perot and Jack Kemp, and a toe-to-toe could be his best chance to retake the momentum. Bradley, meanwhile, has campaigned as the lanky, unconventional, enigmatic outsider, and he?s in no hurry to lift the veil of mystery that has just started to work in his favor. Gore says he?s the underdog, and Dollar Bill the target? That?s fine with Bradley, who now can start acting like another favorite, George W. Bush ?- and decline to debate his puny rivals until January...
Bush referred to groups as "faith-based institutions," perhaps because "religious charities" seems too close to "religious right," a voting segment that Bush would like to win without public wooing. But his choice of words cannot veil the fact that the proposal would represent a philosophical retreat, not only from the small-government rhetoric of the 1994 Republican Revolution, but also from the modern social compact that America has developed since the New Deal. Handing off some of the government's programs to religious charities would not only endanger the programs but would handicap the charities and abdicate social responsibility...
...heels of his Iowa victory, something suddenly snapped. At each press conference, Bush dropped another veil. First he said he could pass the White House background check that asks appointees whether they have used drugs in the past seven years. The next day it was up to 25 years. Even people who thought reporters had no business asking the questions were surprised by how Bush was answering them. By the end of the week, Bush allies wondered why he was giving so much oxygen to a story he needs to smother. It's not that they're suddenly worried...