From the Progressive reforms of the early 20th century to the New Deal to the Great Society the most

From the Progressive reforms of the early 20th century to the New Deal to the Great Society, the most ambitious social and economic programs of the past have always rested on powerful stories that dramatized the stakes and invited people into "a project larger than their own well-being" (as the American Prospect's Michael Tomasky has put it), even as they shaped the language of political discourse in the bargain.From Jimmy Carter and Mario Cuomo to Bill Clinton and John Edwards, most successful Democratic politicians have been instinctive storytellers. "The outcome could very easily have gone the other way."Nwankwo regained consciousness, still on his back, an oxygen mask strapped to his face. For the moment, dinner resumed.The refugees -- their homes either underwater or so badly damaged that they are uninhabitable -- are surviving from meal to meal, never sure when the next supply of food will materialize. There they saw alder cabinets and hardwood floors they liked for their own remodel. As long as he came to play basketball like a man and conducted himself as a good person, I'd be fine with it."So clearly, not everybody is in line with Stern's thinking, which is why it's so difficult for male athletes in team sports to say they're gay No, Amaechi isn't the first such athlete to go public.

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A wildfire that chewed through more than 6,500 acres of canyon lands in Orange County and forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 homes was ignited by a controlled burn conducted late last week by firefighters, a U.S Forest Service spokesman said Tuesday.U.S. "The more ice and snow in the winter, the farther south the birds will fly to find food," says Jim Watson, a wildlife researcher with the Washington State Department of Fish and Game, who studies migratory birds. Inflammation usually increases with age and induces effects similar to wound healing, which makes tissues stiffer. Jesse Jackson rejected claims by American officials that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was a threat to regional stability and called on both governments to curb escalating rhetoric.Relations between Venezuela and the U.S., strained since popular leftist Chavez won office in 1998, deteriorated in recent weeks after Defense Secretary Donald H. Murrieta Valley, playing without injured starter Josh Anderson, was third at 366.The top three teams and top six individuals advance to the state championships Wednesday at Poppy Hills Golf Club in Pebble Beach."My expectations were high coming into this," said Kanda, who has signed with Nevada Las Vegas. "When you go home and tell Mom and Dad you're going to take a course in this, they'll say, 'You're nuts to pay $13,000 to be a slave or servant.' "Gardiner doesn't feel like a slave. "But I don't want to live in an America where the president sees me as the enemy I can face dying because of a disease.