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...does not inspect all of the possible violations, including certain health and safety regulations and women's rights issues. In addition, the FLA structured its Board of Directors so that industry and business have a majority of the votes and can control its policy changes. The university can wield very little, if any, influence in the FLA. The FLA has yet to inspect a single factory...
Texas Gov. George W. Bush's speech at Bob Jones University has come to be held as a symbol of intolerance and bigotry that his opponents can wield against him at will. Prior to New Hampshire, Dubya had tried to remain moderate, but his loss forced him to veer to the right in order to shore up his nomination. Rather than lean to the far right, Dubya chose more of an all out sprint. This tendency of the Republican Party to force its candidates to move to the right during the primaries has been its method of choice in recent...
...soon discovered the same thing. In 1994 they won the most stunning congressional victory of the late 20th century. And where they tried to roll back government, they had some success--they cut back welfare and agricultural subsidies and abolished the national speed limit. But where they tried to wield government power--to remoralize a culture they believed was degenerating before their eyes--they hit a wall. Under G.O.P. congressional control, government sanctions against abortion and homosexuality have, if anything, grown weaker. And when the G.O.P. tried to rally the public against a President they believed epitomized all that...
There are no stickers or balloons given out after appointments at the Harvard Dental Teaching Clinic. And the 40 sterile cubicles where dental students "practice technique" on real patients are a far cry from the small, cozy offices where private dentists wield their drills...