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Article: Preserving the well-bred horse.
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- The National Interest
- Article date:
- September 22, 1994
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THE TECHNIQUE HAS long formed an integral part of dialogue within the public square: institutions under siege embrace grandiose visions of change in order to deflect external pressures and preserve the essence of the status quo. Nowhere is the practice more widely or blatantly employed than in politics. Sensing the rising tide of sentiment that would "throw the rascals out," members of Congress hungry to retain office announce that the time is ripe for election reforms ostensibly designed to clean up politics once and for all. Yet such effrontery is hardly unique to politicians. With dissatisfaction at the inadequacy of American education grown rampant, the National ...
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Encyclopedia entry: military revolution
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...military revolution, a thesis first proposed for ... x2014;a feature of the military revolution not visible in England— ... witnessed the completion of the military revolution in Ireland, with traditional ...
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