Under the pretence of not permitting anything denominational in the schools, the Bible was taken out of the hands of the Protestant pupils, and every paragraph and sentence, and every word, in which any reference to religion, or even the Divine Being was made in the school books, was crossed or blotted out. I have in my possession a specimen of this system of school-book emaculation in order to conciliate (as it was supposed) Bishop Hughes and his followers.
Bush and Cheney put a crack team of lawyers and spin doctors into the Florida fight, while the Republican secretary of state, Katherine Harris, consistently interpreted Florida election law in ways favorable to Bush and adverse to Gore.
The whole of the ‘snift’ (which is the waste in bottling aerated waters) is saved by this machine.
We would like to have it illustrated by Mr. Tortoni, some of whose work you may have seen, and would be glad to know whether he may call upon you in order to acquaint himself with the local colour of your neighbourhood.
