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...found a kindred spirit of President Bush in the most unlikely of places: that hotbed of crunchy-granola liberalism, Seattle. Bush’s alter ego appeared in an Associated Press photo, brandishing a placard that proclaimed, “NO ESPRESSO TAX!” His ire was directed at a 10-cent tax on espresso drinks that would have paid for an early childhood education program. I wondered, for a moment, why someone would get so hung up about a miniscule tax that would have funded such an impeccably good cause. But of course, this...
...kind of book I was doing [previously], which was essentially social commentary, like "Name of the Game" [in 2001], to do something that was more of a polemic. The function of "Fagin the Jew" was to write a biography of Fagin, which needed to be done. I didn't alter the thrust of Fagin -- he was still a criminal, he still gets hanged at the end -- but the opportunity to show what his life was like gave me a chance to take an issue with...
While the grant provides much-needed financial support, Garwin said it would not significantly alter the center’s work, as CGR researchers had already embarked on this project. Instead, she said, it will serve to cover the cost of the ongoing work, which to date had been largely supported by Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby through allocations of his discretionary funds...
...events didn't turn out quite that way; Abbas's departure underscores Arafat's continued centrality to the political process in the Palestinian Authority. If anything, the failure of the roadmap process to significantly alter the desperate plight of Palestinians living on the West Bank and Gaza actually restored and strengthened Arafat's standing among his own people...
...kids loved Batman. But what was his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, doing living in a mansion with a teenage "ward...