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There are subtler problems: How does the Continent retain the glory of its history and avoid functioning merely as America's antique shop? How should Europe and the U.S. deal with each other? "Can we never extract this tapeworm of Europe from the brain of our countrymen?" asked Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1860. World War II performed the extraction. The U.S., a child of Europe, became an uncomfortable parent, uncomfortable in part because it is often right...
...There is no injustice in the universe," wrote Educator Eileen Marie Gardner in a 1983 paper for the right-wing Heritage Foundation criticizing federal aid for ill-advantaged students. "Those of the handicapped constituency who seek to have others bear their burdens and eliminate their challenges are seeking to avoid the central issues of their lives." Gardner's views might have gone unnoticed but for the fact that she began work last week as a special assistant to Secretary of Education William Bennett. Connecticut Republican Senator Lowell Weicker Jr., the father of a five-year-old son born with Down...
...whites are important to cakes and soufflés because they hold air that expands as it heats. Yolks, which hold only small amounts of air when beaten, are primarily binders and, because of their fat, enriching moisturizers. McGee also explains that, in cooking eggs, it is important to avoid extensive coagulation, which produces a rubbery texture or curdling. He therefore advises a moderate, gradual heating that will not cause the proteins to contract and squeeze out the liquid they are supposed to retain. In other words, when making hollandaise sauce, use a gentle heat so the sauce will thicken smoothly...
...Regan that "it looks like Disneyland outside" because of the TV crews camped around his vacation home. Bush was aware of the preparations to make him in effect acting President, but had not participated in them. White House aides, following their instinctive urge to do everything possible to avoid raising public concern about their Chief, had been urging Bush to stay in Maine, but the Vice President would have none of it. "I just don't feel right sitting up here," he told Regan. "I would rather be close...
...White House Counsel Fred Fielding in consultation with Attorney General Edwin Meese and White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan. Based on the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, the letter was designed to provide an orderly conveyance of power while Reagan was under anesthesia and at the same time avoid causing undue public alarm by invoking the Constitution...