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...made possible through a program initiated by Suharto, Sukarno's successor. The streets were quiet and I asked the driver why. He replied in a neutral voice that Sukarno had just passed away. After the chaos and isolationism of the Sukarno years, my student movement had supported Suharto's vision of stability and economic growth. Nevertheless, I felt a sad sense of passage - and anticlimax - at Sukarno's death. Nobody talked about it, because he had disappeared from public view. Nobody knew where he was; it was not even clear where he had died, or how long he had been...
...space faithful, bigger prizes are at stake than mere road safety. For Moylan, the promise is "civilization and dancing in the streets." Likewise, Monderman rhapsodized that, "Eye contact and the consultation between civilians in public space is the highest quality you can get in a free country." His enduring vision echoes that of a poetic pedestrian from an earlier era - Oscar Wilde, who once mused: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Thanks to Monderman, we can now pause to wonder whether we need the gutter...
...eliminate the ban without first convincing a majority of Congress to go along - a far higher hurdle than Clinton faced. All the Democratic candidates favor lifting the ban; the G.O.P. candidates support keeping it. "I think President Clinton meant well, but when he set out to implement his vision he ran into a buzz saw," says Aubrey Sarvis, an ex-GI and executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a nonprofit group dedicating to lifting the ban. "I see very few, if any, good things about 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' - it means you have...
...What's amazing is his voice has all the power of 30, 40 years ago. He is at the heart and soul of the Democratic Party - the belief in civil rights, the belief in opportunity for all people, in upward mobility, in caring for the least of these, a vision that extends beyond our shores. And he speaks to a vision in which we are a beacon for those who are still trapped in poverty or oppression. To have him offer such a powerful endorsement I think will mean a lot. Obviously, there are people who are still getting familiar...
...candidate to rally behind, now that John Edwards' star has faded. "To have him offer such a powerful endorsement, I think, will mean a lot," Obama told me in an interview. "Obviously, there are people who are still getting familiar with me nationwide. Their vision of this day will make them give me a close look...