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...record numbers, because they believed so deeply in his war on terror. Now, by contrast, right-wingers carp endlessly about his domestic spending, even though his budgets have been leaner in his second term than in his first, because his foreign policy has become such a depressing affair...
...stage of her career, and Clark includes juicy details of the industry’s inner workings. The juiciest is Clark’s villainess, head editor Vivian Grant, who, like Regan—according to the New York Daily News—is reported to have had an affair with a public official...
Face it, your love affair with Starbucks has never been about the coffee. You like the plush armchairs, the mood lighting, the cerebral clientele; they all beckon you to sit down and ponder. While you wait in line, you can browse CD compilations of Ella Fitzgerald and John Lennon, courtesy of the company’s in-house record label. Local art often adorns the walls. Instructive signs remind you of the indigent farmers built into the price premium...
...Public exposure of its operatives will have a cascading effect. We should count on CIA sources - most of whom are foreign and vulnerable to arrest or much worse - having closely watched the Libby/Plame affair. They now are going to ask themselves, if the CIA cannot protect one of its own, why should it be expected to protect them...
With the score at 4-3 after only two periods, it appeared that the contest would become an even more high-scoring affair. “At one point I said to my assistants, ‘It’s going to be a shootout at the OK Corral here,’” St. Lawrence coach Paul Flanagan said...