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...bylines. I'm talking about economics writers who couldn't lift a comma. What were they doing? Hey, I am a reporter, right? A couple of phone calls later and I got it figured. They were juiced, in capital letters. I make the connection: the source is a beat-up wire service guy who spent too much time in South America in the '70s. All the top journos are doing steroids, he assures me. He names names. Pulitzer winners. Celebrated columnists...
...intricately combines intelligent metaphors with impeccable flow. Beanie opts instead for hard-hitting, realistic lyrics with a pretty flat delivery that, at its best, sounds like Hova’s more mediocre stuff. At its worst, Beanie’s flow doesn’t even go with the beat. The Philadelphia-based rapper seems to be cursed with the inability to make a good album. On mix tapes and guest verses, Beanie Sigel shines, but it would seem he can’t replicate these performances on the larger canvas of an LP. “The Solution?...
...Everyone wants to be the first team to beat us,” junior forward Sarah Vaillancourt said. “We definitely have a red flag on our team right...
...three months ago. Polls point to the political equivalent of a total solar eclipse, with three different Republicans leading in three of the initial primary and caucus states: Mike Huckabee in Iowa, Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and Rudy Giuliani in Michigan. None of these men, at present, would beat Hillary Clinton in a general-election matchup, and each would fare little better against Barack Obama. "If somebody could run as None of the Above," says former McCain campaign chief John Weaver, "he would be the front-runner...
Fujimori has both a distinguished and an ignominious place in Peruvian history. The son of Japanese immigrants, he ran for the presidency in 1990 as an unknown, bolting from obscurity to beat the frontrunner, the country's best-known author Mario Vargas Llosa. Even though he had no experience in government, his administration swiftly dealt with runaway inflation, which was running near 8,000% when he took power. When Congress rejected strict anti-terrorism legislation, Fujimori simply closed it and the judiciary in April 1992, announcing that he would rule by decree. A few months later, the leaders...