Word: centeredness
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These words, delivered by Vice President Al Gore '69 near the end of his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, were but meager inspiration for one of the most politically uninvolved generations in history. The phrases were unremarkable--making new the life of the world gets repetitive every four...
It may not be a new idea, but Bush's plan marks the first time a candidate has put the idea of privatizing Medicare front and center in a presidential campaign. Attention last week centered on prescription-drug coverage, one of this year's hottest political issues, which Bush would...
In Ghana, Annan's father is still revered. His name was Henry Reginald Annan--the first and middle names were a legacy of British colonialism, when ambitious Africans named their children as if they were bound for Oxford. Annan happens to be a sturdy Scottish name, and from time to...
Concern at Wednesday night's party centered around actor Michael J. Fox, who had to step down from his hit show "Spin City" to battle Parkinson's. He spent much of the event talking quietly with Reeve and other fund-raisers. Actor Michael Douglas, proud new papa of a baby...
A bit strong perhaps, given the cast of public characters at the time, but it was not all that far from the truth. As David Nasaw's superb new biography, The Chief (Houghton Mifflin; 687 pages; $35), makes compellingly clear, Hearst was the most powerful, the most self-centered and...