World War II was the last government program that really worked.
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She is so totally absorbed in a vocation both a gift and a mastering passion that she has no time to be absorbed with the self's worries about itself. And that is the moral of the story You can pursue happiness by wearing a torn jersey. You can catch itGeorge Will
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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.
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The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on a looting raid for the enrichment of your state or district, and no other ethic need inhibit the feeding frenzy
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Scholars concede but cannot explain the amazing chemistry of Cub fans' loyalty. But their unique steadfastness through thin and thin has something to do with the team's Franciscan simplicity.
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