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Bush's tax cuts have been such nectar to conservatives that there's little danger of a broad fiscal revolt from his base. Furthermore, embracing the prescription-drug entitlement helps build the kind of governing majority that Bush's political brain Karl Rove has long dreamed of. When they were a minority party, Republicans could preach fiscal discipline. Now that they control Congress, the White House and more than half of the state houses, they have to show that they are listening--specifically on issues like health care and education, which were once considered territory only Democrats cared about...
...says Strauss. “We were all political people.” Only after Percy lost his Senate seat in 1984 did the Steps cut loose from the Capitol, hit the nightclubs, and finally go on the record. But they never lost their Washington fan base: to this day, Strauss insists, their biggest fan is George Bush senior, who’s hosted them seven times. Even Al Gore couldn’t resist joining them on stage once...
Ryan D. Hughes ’06 concurs, having stumbled upon the clubhouse in New York City while walking home from work last summer. He discovered that students can obtain summer memberships for $150, and took advantage of the club as a base in the city during his summer internship commute. He raves about the “incredible competition-level squash courts,” the exercise machines equipped with flat screen televisions, and the “beautiful common rooms...
...chunks of meat off the upright shawarma machine, or browse the assortment of imported canned juice drinks and pre-packaged desserts. Lebanese co-owner Hasan Kassab credits a “special recipe from home” loaded with Seven Spice and freshly-soaked and ground chickpeas as the base for the restaurant’s falafels. Though decent, the fried vegetarian dish was not nearly as good as the schwarma. Other tasty specialties are the syrupy rolled baklava fingers and the vitamin-rich “cocktail juice”—a smoothie-like blend of strawberries...
...Executive Vice President John R. Curry and Provost Robert A. Brown announced that MIT will freeze salaries for all faculty and staff members whose base annual salary is $55,000 or more. Employees who earn less than that will still be eligible for minimal pay increases...