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.
タグ: government, trust, hope, change

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Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.
タグ: young, attention, new, world
Years later, nothing makes me more grateful as a parent than my daughters' encounters with classroom wizards.
タグ: parent, nothing, grateful, me
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.
タグ: country, animal, plant, war
Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement - only a chaotic collision of politics, power, faith and bloodlust. Victims are as likely to be civilians as soldiers.
タグ: power, war, politics, faith
As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.
タグ: candidate, political, game, politics
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