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...Gore people must harp on the idea - as Bill Daley has already attempted to do - that the court's decision is about justice and small-"d" democracy, and not about a court with an ideological axe to grind. They must also attempt to persuade the public that manual recounts clarify rather than muddy the vote, and that they are the tried-and-true method of protecting voter intent...
...what resides the most characteristic virtue of humanity? In good works? Possibly. In the creation of beautiful objects? Perhaps. But some would look in a different direction, and find it in detachment. To all such, David Hume must be a great saint in the calendar.... To have no axe to grind is something very noble and very rare. It may be said to be the antithesis of the bestial...
Chan's movies are known for their remarkable action sequences, and though the first one is somewhat disappointing because, confined by the limits of space (it takes action under a bridge like area and a train), it is limited in its action potential. However, when Chan takes on 20 axe-wielding hoodlums bare-chested in one scene, and at the end, in a never before 20 minute steel-factory scene, when he falls into flaming coals and vomits after drinking too much alcohol, it may be worth hanging around sitting through the thin plotline and slow jokes...
Sinister acts included Uncle Scar slaying Mufasa in The Lion King and Mickey Mouse attempting to axe the water-carrying broom in Fantasia...
...voters were presented with such an opportunity, the conservatives allied with the country's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, suffered a humiliating defeat, as 70 percent of the voters chose the reformist Mohammed Khatami over the candidate endorsed by Khameini. This time, even though the conservatives managed to axe more than 1,000 liberal candidates before the election, the margin of their defeat may be even higher...