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...help sell Bush's plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Castellanos feared that bad press about the environment was weakening resolve inside the administration, and he was right. Armed with polls and videotapes, he tried to make the case that the policy could be a political winner, but he failed. Rove told him Bush wasn't exactly dropping the position, but he wasn't going to push for it either. The President was already engaged in too many big fights with Congress - over tax cuts, spending, education reform - that he might not win. He didn't need...
...seeking to analyze the nature of relationships from both the male and female perspective, Ancient History fails to bring any new and interesting ideas to the debate. It does however, manage to present the age-old dilemmas in new and often humorous ways. Ruth is the bread-winner in the relationship and is disappointed with Jack’s small paycheck and his lack of ambition. Jack, however, is happy with his job as a math teacher and is not looking to increase the size of his bank account. They also discuss the very Seinfeldesque idea of not totally committing...
...Taylor is a physics professor and Nobel Prize-winner...
...hypersensitive reaction of the ANC was recently mirrored by one of the stalwarts of traditional South African liberalism, Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for literature. The education department of Gauteng province (where Johannesburg is located) recently announced that Gordimer's 1990 novel, "July's People," was "not acceptable" for use in the prescribed list of books to be read by high school seniors. The committee described the book as "deeply racist, superior and patronizing...
Carter walked the first batter he faced to force in Northeastern's Michael Lomuscio from third. Though Carter struck out the next three batters in a row to end the inning, Lomuscio's run proved to be the game-winner...