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...famous person," commands little respect around the Capitol. However, the choice makes sense in the context of an emerging trend within the GOP. Republicans have abandoned the legislative process and shunned decent ethical standards; they have recently turned to destructive partisan confrontations in order to regain control of the Congress...
Harvard, which finished last season fifth in the Eastern International Tennis Association with an Ivy record of 5-4 (11-9 overall), is hoping to regain the title this year for the first time since...
With one sweeping markdown, Sears hoped to regain the loyalty of customers who have drifted to such discounters as K mart and Wal-Mart. Abandoning its decades-old philosophy of luring buyers with frequent sales, Sears is turning to "everyday low prices." To put new price tags on 1.5 billion pieces of merchandise, Sears recruited a temporary army of retirees and high school students. Together with regular Sears employees, the price changers wielded 29,000 label guns. Said Chris Skinner, a high school freshman who worked at the Sears outlet in Columbus' Northland Mall: "The worst was the screwdrivers...
...contract is lifted, all authors should declare themselves as coconspirators. It is time for all of us to don the yellow star and end the hateful isolation of our colleague." In a grander flight of moral outrage, Mailer told the crowd, "Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion, which happens to be faith in the power of words and our willingness to suffer for them...
...version of the assimilationist ploy that has been all too fateful for the Jews in the past...the vice of assimilation is that it is always superficial and fragile. Wouldn't it be better to abandon such a foolish enterprise, to give up on false security in order to regain dignity and self-respect...