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Even Democrats who admire Kerry are worried that he comes across as too calculating--which is why more than a few say they wish he would do something, anything, from his gut. It didn't happen last week, when all six candidates appeared for the first time together, at a dinner in Washington sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice America. About the best thing that could be said about Kerry's speech on the emotional abortion issue was that it wasn't as flat as North Carolina Senator John Edwards'. The biggest crowd pleasers: Dean, with his bold defense...
...young Chinese players talk about Yao all the time??Oh, I wish he was here'?and I tell them that it's a waste of time talking about him. Look up at the ceiling, boys: There's his jersey. He's retired, and he's not coming back. Let's take care of our jobs. Forget him. Work hard today...
...This is not to say that the young Sharks wish they were Yao. "They all want to be Kobe," Ma says. "None of the big guys' shoes sell well here." Ma contends that he is not jealous of Yao. But doesn't Ma wish he were the one in the NBA?even for one game? "Just one game would resolve everything in my life," he says, sighing. "I would know that I could play with the best. It would make my dream come true." And he begins to silently...
When University President Lawrence H. Summers unveiled his $14 million program to boost graduate student aid this month, he stressed that this undertaking—while significant—is only a first step. Indeed, it is a positive first step. We only wish our leaps could be larger and that the goal of making graduate school possible for all students, regardless of financial need, could be realized sooner...
Refusing to engage Gladden Pappin’s so-called argument about our own immorality was a political, measured decision on the part of the BGLTSA. We neither wish to censor Pappin nor to indulge him with a rebuttal that would be both fruitless and demeaning. We’d much rather conserve our energy for an evolving agenda of visibility and advocacy in the new semester and beyond...