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...hired by other companies to tell their employees they're no longer employed. He's a fire-man; he keeps his job by relieving other people of theirs. And he does so with such ostensible sympathy and sincerity, with helpful suggestions on other lines of work, that the victims often leave the interview not wanting to give Ryan the Death Touch. He's a head chopper acting like a grief counselor...
...Yard. But Kagan revealed that she has no daily working relationship with President Obama and instead interacts on a more regular basis with the Attorney General. Still, Kagan’s ascension to one of the nation’s most prestigious legal positions—one that is often considered a stepping stone to a position on the Supreme Court—represents a return to power for HLS, whose largely liberal faculty had retreated from government during the Bush administration. One audience member asked Kagan what it was like to battle with Justice Antonin Scalia, referring...
...shots over the course of the game. “Athletically, our attacking players separated themselves today,” Clark said. “In one v. one situations, they looked like they would come out on top every time.” Whereas Harvard was often skipping its midfield in the first half and trying to play the ball directly to Akpan, the second half saw the Crimson run everything through Grimm in the center. “If we can get the ball from Kwaku through Grimm to [Akpan], then I like our chances every time...
...hyperbolic hullabaloo comes in both red and in blue. Too often, when Republicans speak on themes of responsibility, the Democrats become the free-living party. Too often, when Democrats speak on themes of responsibility, Republicans become the tea party. At some time or another, each party has shirked the obligation of being the party of obligation...
...president is not a centrist or even necessarily an avid bipartisan. He is someone who displays faith in an old and quickly disappearing idea of the American political tradition: Negotiation on practices isn’t the same thing as selling out on principles, and listening is often more important than shouting. Most of all, he believes that rights comes with responsibilities. In this particular sense, the president is a conservative who reaches back beyond the days of populist conservatism...