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That Government is limited in what it can do is less a matter of political philosophy than economic reality. But what family does not count the health of its members as its most precious asset? Either President Bush or President Dukakis would do well to remember Philoctetes the archer. After exiling him to that barren island for ten years, his countrymen learned they could not take Troy without his mighty bow. They were forced to return and rescue him from exile. It is time the U.S. does the same for those it has abandoned...
Voters like Siglow, the Hurrys and Youngs made up their minds months ago. But thousands of Reagan Democrats in Michigan, and perhaps millions in other critical states, are not quite sold yet. Which is why Dukakis and Bush were in Michigan last week, laboring for its 20 precious electoral votes...
...time to rescue those students trapped for too much of their precious college years in the first 44 pages of the Course catalog. Expanding Core credit to certain upper-level classes would also improve the quality of life for those who elected to stick with the Core offerings. While those well-versed in a field could take more satisfying upper-level options, novices in a particuliar area would not have to deal with irritating pedants in section...
...games dwindle down to a precious few, the baseball season already seems to have touched most of its lyrical bases. In last week's play-offs, catcher Gary Carter of the Mets actually referred to the Dodgers' Orel Hershiser "twirling a gem." Los Angeles manager Tommy Lasorda has been crooning about "the fall classic." Gonfalons have been copped, the World Series is afoot, and aging veterans and hopeful rookies are in full confluence...
West of Del Rio, Texas grows dryer by the mile. Tumbleweed bounces across the road and windmills draw up precious water for cattle. On the horizon, dust-shrouded hills appear, blue and mysterious-looking from afar. Roadrunners, heads down and tails up, sprint across the highway. River and road separate here as the Rio Grande, cutting through deep limestone canyons, makes a wide arc that has given this bulge of Texas the nickname Big Bend. Driving south through Alpine and Marfa, I see the border again at Presidio...