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...generous souls, the season will be one of giving, not receiving. "I have received presents from Santa Claus only a long, long, time ago," says Czeslaw Milosz, the Polish poet who is giving this year's Norton Lectures. "I give presents now--mostly clothing for my family, something fancy or pleasant...
...Santa Claus...
...there it was, covering the city like a thick, yellow, semi-transparent blanket. And this was a sunny day! You look straight up and you see blue sky, but look across the horizon, and your view is cut off after a couple of miles by that blanket of claus ophobic petrochemicals...
Where politicians stand on the issue usually depends on where they sit. Congressmen generally dislike the block grant approach because, as Rutgers University Urban Policy Research Director George Sternlieb says, "they like to appear as Santa Claus, handing out goodies to their constituencies." For the very same reason, state officials are enthusiastic about no-strings money. Says Georgia Governor George Busbee: "The categorical grant system wastes too much money on unproductive bureaucrats." He calculates that localities now employ more than 900 lobbyists to fight in Washington for education funds alone. Says Alabama Governor Fob James: "If the President gives...
...careful 'cause Santa Claus is checking his list. Going over it twice. Seeing who is naughty and who is nice [a warning that children are taught to spy on their parents for Jones...