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The American Dream Is One Of The Greatest Ideas In The History Of Human Achievement . . . It Thrives Today In An Age When Its Core Components Of Freedom And Opportunity Are Open To More Americans Than Ever Before. It Holds A Real, Identifiable Place In The American Heart And Mind, And It Informs The Aspirations Of Everyone From Farmers To Software Developers, From Detectives To Bankers, From Soldiers To Social Workers . . . It Defines Us As A People, Even As We Add To Its Meaning With Each New Chapter In Our National Experience And Our Individual Actions.

College Is Like A Woman: You Work So Hard To Get In, And Nine Months Later You Wish You'd Never Come. We Used To Say If A Frog Had Side Pockets, He'd Carry A Handgun.

On Capitol Hill, The Republican-controlled House Voted Mostly Along Party Lines Tonight To Pass President Bush's Federal Budget Blueprint. This Includes His Big Tax Cut Plan, Partly Bankrolled, Critics Say, Through Cuts In Many Federal Aid Programs For Children And Education.

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Always Marry A Woman From Texas. No Matter How Tough Things Get, She's Seen Tougher.