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...nominate Denmark's Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, for his handling of the cartoon affair. No amount of diplomatic pressure, economic boycotts or burned embassies would persuade him that limiting free press could have some noble outcome. Now, on issues of religious intolerance, we shall measure our leaders by the Rasmussen Resolve Scale. If they don't meet his standards, we will vote them away...
...Despite the parallels, the Belorusians' fight will be nothing festive and colorful like 2004's so-called Orange Revolution in nearby Ukraine. More likely it would be a smoldering, painful and drawn-out affair, not unlike that of Solidarity in Poland over 30 years ago-Belarus has slid that far back under Lukashenko's decade-long reign. And a bloody backlash at some point remains a serious possibility; despite all his bravado, Lukashenko is cornered and nervous. The election, he said soon after, had "convincingly demonstrated who is the master of our house." And he isn't eager to hand...
...Castellanos, who pitched 1.2 innings of solid relief, delivered a one-out walk to Kraig Binick, who promptly stole second. A single from shortstop MacMillan plated the winning run to give the Bears their second victory.NYIT 9, HARVARD 6In the first game of the series, a back-and-forth affair played in cold, miserable weather, NYIT grabbed a 9-6 victory. The Bears seized a commanding lead with a five-run third, aided by two Crimson errors, which gave them a 6-1 lead. The big hit of the inning was a two-run triple by third baseman Mike LaLuna...
Dick Cheney's reluctance to reveal how his Armstrong Ranch idyll exploded into a bird-shot blunder triggered readers to pepper the V.P. with charges of sly unaccountability. But others insisted that the only misfire in the overblown affair was the press shooting itself in the foot...
Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson at his best) is a mediocre private investigator hired by Mrs. Evelyn Mulwray to investigate the possibility her husband, Hollis Mulwray, the chief engineer of the water department, is having an affair. Soon, Hollis is found dead and the real Evelyn (Faye Dunaway) threatens to sue Jake if he doesn’t drop the case...