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...will he go the way of his political mentor Whitlam, who crashed in glorious catastrophe? The times don't beckon that kind of mad adventurism, in spite of Latham's "crazy-brave" persona among pundits. "Bite-sized changes in policy are more desirable (and certainly more believable) than big-bang social theories that turn the system upside down," Latham once said. Strip out the imagery of class hatred, the pandering to his constituency, the one-off election bribes and penalties, and what's left is a moderate: a man with a plan for free-market economics, social mobility, individual responsibility...
Security remained tight during the final night of the convention, but the crowd’s nerves were rattled when, during the traditional balloon drop, streamers were unfurled with a bang, startling many in the arena...
...Last year I wrote about ?The Madness of George W.,? a ragged farce that took potshots at the Bush Administration and bragged that it was ?kept bang-up-to-the-minute with daily re-writes churned out at a furious pace by the writer.? This week at the National Theatre, David Hare?s play ?Stuff Happens? begins previews. It?s about George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, whose quote (?Stuff happens? and it?s untidy, and freedom?s untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.?) inspired the play?s title. Like...
...minutes, I need a powerful tranquilizer, the kind they'd administer to a horse. Or a little girl could pick up a hockey stick and sense its potential for violence, and thus 10 years later, I have a 6-ft., 180-lb. defensewoman under my roof who loves to bang into people and knock their molars loose. My daughter is no shrinking violet. The other day I saw the little darling try to throttle a 6-year-old boy. She threw him down and was about to kick him in the pancreas. I called her name from the kitchen window...
...policeman stationed here and people are always running red lights. People just drive so carelessly, and too fast. We're always running out to see what's going on." A billboard looming over the intersection urges: "Drive Safely. Turn On Your Lights. Wear Your Helmet. Best Wishes from the Bang Mod Police Office...