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With the political bickering thrown in, the picturesque New England schoolhouse is starting to look a lot more complicated...
...have gotten involved in World War II (Pat seems more than a little against it). According to Fulani, Buchanan "can play a role as a unifier, bring everybody together." Come again? Fulani herself ran for president in 1988 and 1992 on the New Alliance ticket, but this year has thrown in her lot with the Reform party in New York. She is a supporter of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and has been criticized for a statement she made saying that some blacks seem willing to "pander to Jews" (Fulani is black). Buchanan, meanwhile, is a virulent protectionist...
...effort to prevent cockroaches from taking over a room during the school year, Kreimeyer suggests students pay special attention to keeping their rooms clean, leaving no dirty dishes out and rinsing out bottles before they get thrown into the recycling...
...naturally as other young men say "dude," but he's quite capable of vivid straight talk. Of his idealistic upbringing he says, "There are families that eat hot dogs and families that don't. We were a family that didn't." And his complaint about a tedious party thrown by his publisher to introduce him to New Haven, Conn., bookstore owners sounds a bit like Letterman: "One of the nice things about West Virginia is that you could comb the entire state and not put together a roomful of booksellers...
...Republican leadership, which currently controlls Congress, has consistently thrown roadblocks in the path of campaign finance reform. Last year, the Shays-Meehan bill passed the House but was blocked in the Senate by a Republican filibuster. Yet the House debate has finally arrived, and the Senate is scheduled to consider its version, sponsored by Sens. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell D. Feingold (D-Wisc.) later this fall. After so much talk and so many failed promises, it is high time that Congress reject the potential for corruption in the current system and cast a vote for reform...