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Delightful power

Lord Acton's 1887 assertion, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely," today has a place among storied political quotations. Perhaps less well-known, however, is the follow-up, attributed to Anonymous, that, "Power can corrupt, but absolute power is absolutely delightful."
      In would be too harsh to apply Lord Acton's words to Bill Raggio, the Reno Republican who serves as majority leader in the Nevada Senate. Anonymous, however, may have captured the essence of Mr. Raggio's style.
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Starting somewhere

How best to describe the fruits produced after 10 years of Las Vegas' participation in the Sister Cities program? Meager? Scant? Feeble?
      Take your pick.
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