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...trip, Borat does corral a few unwary dignitaries for Ali G.-type teasing. With forced gentility, former Congressman Bob Barr listens to Borat's generous offer of homemade cheese - his wife "makes it from milk from her tit." And in a discussion of family values with perennial G.O.P. candidate Alan Keyes, Borat asks, with astonished indignation, "Are you telling me that that man who tried to put a rubber fist in my annus [anus] was a homosexual...
...look at a few illustrative statistics. A study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute reports that less than two percent of all abortions are performed because of rape or health issues. Most reasons given for abortion involve some sort of personal judgment on economic means or lifestyle inadequacies. The demographics of the women who seek abortions seem to reinforce this—21 percent are teenagers, and well over half of unwed pregnant women will opt for an abortion. These figures should make clear that abortions are used primarily as an instrument of socioeconomic preservation—over one fifth...
...that might lead us to turn down such benefactions.” “I am not yet persuaded that Harvard should have an obligation to investigate each donor and impose detailed moral standards” prior to accepting donations, he wrote then. Epstein, whose defense attorneys include Alan M. Dershowitz, the Frankfurter professor of law, last month pled not guilty to the charge of soliciting prostitution. In an affidavit released by the Palm Beach Police Department, the police said it had probable cause to also charge Epstein with lewd and lascivious molestation and unlawful sexual activity with...
...fellow. She joins five others who, according to the IOP Fellows Committee chair, sport “the most diverse backgrounds in recent memory.” The other fellows include Congressional aide James F. Flug ’60, grassroots political organizer Karen Hicks, youth service corps leader Alan A. Khazei ’83, Republican communications strategist Christina Martin, and Ambassador George E. Moose. Each fellow will lead a study group open to the entire Harvard community. The Pakistani-born Falkner, who gained British citizenship in 1983, is a member of the “front bench...
...grudge match. But at 59, he's the oldest likely contender, and his style seems out of tune with the iPod age. Hipness wouldn't be a problem for David Miliband (12 to 1 against), the 41-year-old Environment Minister. He's articulate, attractive--he even blogs. Alan Johnson, a genial ex--mail carrier and union leader now running Education, is a bit more popular, and M.P.s praying for anyone-but-Brown are leaning toward him as their best hope. (He's a 6-to-1 underdog, but his odds are the best of the second tier...