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" We want laws to be applied predictably. "

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" What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start. "

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" The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the '60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top of another, in race relations, gender roles, generational conflict, the clash of church and state - so many values and vanities tossed on the bonfire, and no one had a concordance to explain why it was all happening at once. "

" Making distinctions is part of learning. So is making mistakes. "

Making Mistakes

" We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and sun because of cancer and sunscreen because of vitamin-D deficiency. "

" High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school sometimes cling to the devil they know. And for the kids who love it, the goodbyes are hard to think about. "

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" Few Westerners know Iran as well as Robin Wright: her first trip there as a journalist was in 1973, and she has covered every important milestone since, from the Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis to the more recent staring contest with the West over Tehran's nuclear program. "

" War is being waged all across the country against the invasive plant and animal species - some 50,000 of them - now spreading across the U.S. "

" George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. "

" Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exhausted by two wars, the banks failing their public trust, the U.S. Congress a comedy of dysfunction, and a federal government that seemed designed to idle on the sidelines. "

" As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it. "

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" I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen. "

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" America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it. "

" In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own. "

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" Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them. "

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" After 9/11, whatever the evidence of intelligence failures, many people still saw that attack as almost unimaginable, so brutal and brazen an assault. "

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