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Editor's note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House. He was a co-host of "Crossfire" on CNN with Robert Novak from 2002 to 2005.

Paul Begala says he admired Robert Novak for his skepticism about authority, work ethic and faith in his beliefs.

(CNN) -- In our innumerable debates, I delighted in calling Bob Novak "the finest mind of the 12th century." One time, though, he scowled and growled, "I prefer the 15th century. Spanish Inquisition. Those were the days."

Novak left this world on Tuesday, but he also left his mark. Needless to say I disagreed with Bob about virtually every political issue, and sometimes our on-air debates continued as profanity-laced shouting matches after the show ended. Despite our profound differences, though, we were friends. Here's why:

Bob was an iconoclast. He loved poking conventional wisdom in the eye. If all the media elite were perched on the same wire, Bob would land on the opposite wire and gleefully squawk at them.

Bob was an ideologue more than a partisan. One of the many sources of tension between us was the fact that I am a partisan Democrat who believes that, from time to time, my personal ideological agenda must take a backseat to advancing a broader progressive agenda carried by my party. Not Bob. He was a conservative first, last and always, and when he felt the Republican Party had strayed from his hard-core anti-tax, anti-government ideology he would hammer the GOP with the same withering ridicule he usually dispensed to Democrats.
1. Did Bob Novak always agree with the GOP?
2. Which party was he closer to?
3. What was his political ideology?
4. When did he die?
5. What show was he on?
6. Who was his co-host?
7. Were they friends?
8. Were their interactions usually agreeable?
9. What was Paul's ideology?
10. How long did they work together?
11. Did Paul ever work in politics?
12. For whom?
13. What's his occupation now?

Numbered answers:
1. no
2. Republican Party
3. hard-core anti-tax, anti-government
4. unknown
5. Crossfire
6. Paul Begala
7. I think they admired each other.Maybe not friends.
8. no
9. partisan Democrat
10. 3 years
11. yes
12. Bill Clinton
13. CNN political contributo

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CHAPTER XXVII--A SENTENCE

"What should we give for our beloved?" - E. B. BROWNING.

No sooner had the visitors departed than the others now out of quarantine appeared at Vale Leston. Angela was anxious to spend a little time there, and likewise to have Lena overhauled by Tom May. The child had never really recovered, and was always weakly; and whereas on the journey, Lily, now in high health, was delighted with all she saw, though she could not compare Penbeacon to Adam's Peak, Lena lay back in Sister Angela's arms, almost a dead weight, hardly enduring the bustle of the train, though she tried not to whine, as long as she saw her pink Ben looking happy in his cage.

Angela was an experienced nurse, and was alarmed at some of the symptoms that others made light of. Mrs. Grinstead had thought things might be made easier to her if the Miss Merrifields came to meet her and hear the doctor's opinion; and Elizabeth accepted her invitation, arriving to see the lovely peaceful world in the sweet blossoming of an early May, the hedges spangled with primroses, and the hawthorns showing sheets of snow; while the pear trees lifted their snowy pyramids, and Lily in her white frock darted about the lawn in joyous play with her father under the tree, and the grey cloister was gay with wisteria.

Angela was sitting in the boat, safely moored, with a book in her hand, the pink cockatoo on the gunwale, nibbling at a stick, and the girl lying on a rug, partly on her lap. Phyllis and Anna, who had come out on the lawn, made Elizabeth pause.
1. What is Angela's job?
2. Who is meeting her?
3. What month is it?
4. What color are the hawthorns?
5. Why is Miss Merrifields seeing Angela?
6. Whose idea was it?
7. Where did Angela want to spend time?
8. Who is sick?
9. Which one?
10. Who was Angela holding on the train?

Numbered answers:
1. care person
2. Miss Merrifields
3. May
4. white
5. to hear the doctor's opinion
6. Mrs. Grinstead
7. quarantine
8. The child
9. Lily
10. Lena

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CHAPTER II. SHEER GOSSIP

"Where are the other children?" asked Miss Cornelia, when the first greetings--cordial on her side, rapturous on Anne's, and dignified on Susan's--were over.

"Shirley is in bed and Jem and Walter and the twins are down in their beloved Rainbow Valley," said Anne. "They just came home this afternoon, you know, and they could hardly wait until supper was over before rushing down to the valley. They love it above every spot on earth. Even the maple grove doesn't rival it in their affections."

"I am afraid they love it too well," said Susan gloomily. "Little Jem said once he would rather go to Rainbow Valley than to heaven when he died, and that was not a proper remark."

"I suppose they had a great time in Avonlea?" said Miss Cornelia.

"Enormous. Marilla does spoil them terribly. Jem, in particular, can do no wrong in her eyes."

"Miss Cuthbert must be an old lady now," said Miss Cornelia, getting out her knitting, so that she could hold her own with Susan. Miss Cornelia held that the woman whose hands were employed always had the advantage over the woman whose hands were not.

"Marilla is eighty-five," said Anne with a sigh. "Her hair is snow-white. But, strange to say, her eyesight is better than it was when she was sixty."

"Well, dearie, I'm real glad you're all back. I've been dreadful lonesome. But we haven't been dull in the Glen, believe ME. There hasn't been such an exciting spring in my time, as far as church matters go. We've got settled with a minister at last, Anne dearie."
1. Who said Jem made an improper remark?
2. Where did Jem say he'd rather go than Heaven?
3. Who spoils the kids?
4. Who is perfect in her eyes?
5. Who's greeting came across as rapturous?
6. Whose was dignified?
7. Where was Shirley?
8. Where were Walter and the twins?
9. When had they gotten home that day?
10. When did they leave for the valley?
11. What place doesn't hold a candle to the valley to them?
12. Where did Miss Cornelia ask if they'd had a good time at?
13. What did Miss Cornelia get out?
14. Who must be old now?
15. How old is she?
16. What color is her hair?
17. How is her vision?
Numbered answers:
1. Susan
2. to Rainbow Valley
3. Marilla
4. Jem
5. Anne's
6. Susan's
7. in bed
8. Rainbow Valley
9. this afternoon
10. when supper was over
11. the maple grove
12. Avonlea
13. her knitting
14. Marilla
15. eighty-five
16. white
17. better than when she was sixty