Word: though
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...neighbor Richard M. Nixon "prowling restlessly around his garden." In a little while a party begins at the Schlesinger house. A guest - invited by a friend of his wife's - comes to the door, a man whom Schlesinger has never met: Alger Hiss. They have a polite chat - even though Schlesinger considers Hiss to be just about as guilty as Nixon said he was long years before...
...epic retelling of his long descent into dementia or its ax-grinding with the singer's fourth wife, Barbara Marx, but for its thoughtful, sometimes moving recollections of growing up as Beverly Hills-Palm Springs royalty with an intermittently available father whose flaws cast very long shadows. Though there's little about music here, another of Tina's observations puts Frank's shortcomings into proper perspective: "Had he been a healthier, less tortured man, he might have been Perry Como." Of course you can't balance a childhood against, say, "All the Way," except to say, her loss, our gain...
...Gore-Lieberman campaign has wavered in its support for voucher-related programs. Though Gore refuses to consider the solution, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) was a staunch supporter of vouchers until he joined the ticket. Bush, however, supports giving $1,500 per child in federal funding to the parents of students at consistently low-performing schools for use towards their children's education. As this money could go to a public school, tutoring or a private school, charges that the plan would take away money from public schools are essentially unfounded. Bush also saves money by allowing public-private...
...Though Shames said the letter did not specify what kind of support the group would receive, she said she assumes it would be monetary...
...that seemed to be the way it would stay. Though Jean Carnahan, 66, is extremely well liked in Missouri, she has never publicly expressed any interest in entering the political sphere herself. She's written a few books, but they haven't provided much fodder for the talk-show circuit: One was a guide to holiday entertaining and another delved into the history of the governor's mansion...