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While I knew the student council would be a different beast here at Harvard, I must admit that I never fully envisioned just how different. In particular, I never expected the ratio of women to men to plunge from four women for every male on my high school student council executive board to one woman for every seven males on the Undergraduate Council...
...unwilling to be himself. Lamar Alexander, trying to convince voters he was more than the "least worse" choice, had to roll out a refreshened agenda even if its contents, such as the abolition of food stamps, might come back to haunt him. Steve Forbes had to decide whether to admit he had been running an ugly race, cage his pit bulls and run on his strengths instead of his enemies' weaknesses. And Pat Buchanan, who reinvents Republicanism when he offers dispirited workers a vision of paradise, had to decide how much damage he was willing to do to his party...
Opposing this "casted structure" to American society implies "consciously fighting against something that is very hard to admit," according to Hillaird...
...Dionne doesn't propose any way to shrink the deficit; like the politicians he criticizes, he is unwilling to admit that a more Progressive society will not be achieved without some sacrifices. Indeed, Dionne barely even mentions the need for cuts in defense spending or tax increases on the wealthy; that would sound too much like the old, liberal solutions Dionne wants to avoid. They Only Look Dead makes one feel good about the idea of government; but it is paying for government that drives people into the arms of the Republican Party. A fairer society can't be fudged...
...most people connected with air-traffic control are loath to admit to any safety problems. The U.S., after all, boasts the best air-safety record in the world. Despite some 82 million takeoffs and landings each year, aviation deaths average about 200 annually. (By contrast, roughly 120 people die each day on America's roads.) Instead, the folks in the cockpits, watchtowers and administration offices moan about the weather disruptions and equipment breakdowns that cause 250,000 delays annually and cost billions of dollars. "We're on the FAA all the time to modernize," says Tim Neale...