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...Sununu hadn't exactly been grounded, he had certainly been sent to his room. But Bush underestimated the depth of Sununu's ethical obtuseness and his zeal at finding a way around the rules. Like a rebellious adolescent, Sununu sneaked down the stairs, grabbed the car keys and slipped out of the White House. After all, the old man had only said, "Don't take the plane." He didn't say anything about...
...falls under the sway of the Commerce Department, which has never shown much understanding of or interest in the science or technology of weather prediction. Pinched by tight budgets and layoffs over the past decade, the agency was very nearly shut down under the Reagan Administration, which in its zeal to privatize government operations briefly proposed selling off the Weather Service's satellite network to the highest bidder. Public outcry forced the White House to scrap its plans...
...goals in cartooning are threefold: to express a personal passion, to convey an insightful message and finally to present a meaningful contribution to society. Since childhood, art has been a channel into which has flowed uninhibited creativity, thought and zeal. A constant presence in my college experience, cartooning has been the key to my artistic growth. Through the acknowledgement of peers, I know my work can brighten people's days and inform their lives. Outside these ivy-covered walls, I will continue to draw...and to try to make a difference...
That small incident, as much as the debate between Rafsanjani and the conservative stalwarts, illustrates a revolution running low on zeal. Today Rafsanjani faces a population exhausted by eight years of war with Iraq, domestic political turmoil and a severe economic slump. The President seems to realize he must respond to those hardships, and thus has tried to ease the harsh enforcement of hijab. More important, Rafsanjani wants to end Iran's pariah status in the world community and gain desperately needed aid. "We are in a period of reconstruction," says Rajaie Khorassani, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee...
...Iran's revolution is running out of zeal...