Word: macgregor
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Mussolini once remarked, "It is not impossible to govern the Italians, it is merely useless." It is not impossible to lead Americans as a nation. It is just that the Founding Fathers did not think it was a particularly good idea. Says Historian James MacGregor Burns: "Leadership itself is one of the most mentioned and least understood processes in the American system. What we have in this country is an antileadership system bequeathed to us by the Founding Fathers because they feared overly strong Government. It is quite ironic that we end this bicentennial year with a dramatic example...
...strongest performance of Gamma Rays, perhaps because it provides comic relief from the plot's general despondency comes from Anna MacGregor, who plays Janice, Tillie's competitor in the school science fair. When Janice tells the audience about her brilliant achievement--reconstructing the anatomy of a dead cat--it is truly hilarious. With her New York accent and her nerdish look, MacGregor realizes the full potential of her part...
...James MacGregor Burns, Williams College political scientist and biographer of Franklin Roosevelt
...money than they do, and they see lobbying as an opportunity. They weigh that against ten to 15 more years in politics." Ex-Congressmen who do not go home are a Washington tradition. Former Senators Birch Bayh and John Sherman Cooper have Washington law practices. Onetime Minnesota Congressman Clark MacGregor is a senior vice president of United Technologies, the manufacturing conglomerate. Some former members are more powerful than they were as Congressmen: James D. McKevitt was only a one-term representative from Colorado from 1971-73, but he is now chief lobbyist of the 500,000-member National Federation...
...must regain that distinction. Most now seem to realize that pointing to past achievements, no matter how glorious, is not enough. New ideas are a snap to disparage ("Where's the beef?"), but good new ideas are essential. "The shoe is on the Democratic foot," says Historian James MacGregor Burns. "The party must carry through the current process of realignment and formulate and fight for a clear, comprehensive alternative to Reagan rule." -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Robert Ajemian/Washington and Kenneth W. Bantu/New York, with other bureaus