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...roomful of fledgling journalists if they would be willing to die for the truth, and not a hand will be raised. They do not mean no, exactly. They simply give the hypothesis a pocket veto. They think, for one thing, that the question is too darkly phrased and even implies an obscure promise of martyrdom--not normally the journalist's line of work. Ask the young roomful, instead, whether they would be willing to risk their lives to cover extreme situations in faraway places and report the truth, and the best in the room will get a gleam in their...
...roomful of fledgling journalists if they would be willing to die for the truth, and not a hand will be raised. They do not mean no, exactly. They simply give the hypothesis a pocket veto. They think, for one thing, that the question is too darkly phrased and even implies an obscure promise of martyrdom - not normally the journalist's line of work. Ask the young roomful, instead, whether they would be willing to risk their lives to cover extreme situations in faraway places and report the truth, and the best in the room will get a gleam in their...
Still, there is no doubt that the Bush campaign had plenty of reasons to make Reed happy. After taking over Pat Robertson's fledgling religious organization in 1989, Reed turned it into a political force, exercising something close to veto power over the Republican presidential nominee. If Reed had signed up with one of Bush's conservative rivals, Bush's White House dreams might have been threatened. But if Reed had too visible a role in the Bush campaign, his right-wing reputation might step on Bush's compassionate-conservative message...
...Here's what Kenneth Lay appears to have gotten for his money (and friendship) with this White House. A seat at the table for Dick Cheney's energy-policy formulations - OK, six seats - and the grace of the Enron-friendly energy policy that resulted. Possibly veto power over the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - former chief Curtis Hebert Jr. says Bush replaced him not long after Hebert declined Lay's demand for a friendlier stance toward energy deregulation. And a very big black book...
Harvard’s tenure process is very secretive—individuals do not apply for tenure but are recommended without their knowledge, voted on by the relevant department and considered by Knowles and an ad hoc committee, where the President has veto power. It is difficult for those in the running to confirm whether it was, in fact, Summers who was the deciding factor...