There is a certain irony in the Clinton administration's decision to side with Latino politicians against common sense and ordinary Latinos.

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Nor is it clear that brain surgeons would make a better fist of legislation than ordinary people with guts and common sense.

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Levitt, charismatic and funny, excelled by using common sense to find unexpected results in ordinary places.

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Is it the view though of what the former condescendingly calls "ordinary" Americans, people who have generally shown more common sense than the likes of Messrs.

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It is experience that can give a person a common touch and a sense of compassion, an understanding of how the world works and how ordinary people live.

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