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...would beat around the bush for awhile, but Chris got right to the point. When he was three years old, he had a poster of the 42 American presidents in his bedroom. Within weeks he had memorized every name, and he was already picturing his face in the blank spot the poster had left for the 43rd president. His mother, A. Maria Ballesteros, said she got used to explaining to friends that she and her husband weren’t forcing Chris to memorize anything. “Otherwise they’d think we were weird parents...
...ultra-religious neighborhoods, which seem like a step back into 19th-century Eastern Europe, many Hassidic Jews either broke with tradition and voted for a secular candidate or left the mayoral ballot blank. Police say several brawls broke out between Porush supporters and jeering Hassidic youths...
...hold her North Carolina Senate seat, Elizabeth Dole ran an ad predicting that "these liberals want complete control of government, in a time of crisis. All branches of government. No checks and balances. No debate. No independence." If Democrats like her opponent win, she warned, "they get a blank check." The rumbling started before the votes even came in: there was House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank talking about cutting military spending 25% and taxing "a lot of very rich people out there." Amnesty International set a deadline for closing Gitmo; the ACLU wants a complete review of watch...
...leading the Ivy League with a .929 save percentage coming into the game, stuffed a Big Green attacker on a breakaway with seconds left before the break. “It was excellent goalkeeping,” Leone said. “That was a critical point blank save. [Junior Lauren] Mann made another great save in overtime. Same kind of thing. It was an excellent game for both of them.” Dale recorded four saves in the first half, and Mann shut out Dartmouth while also making four saves in the second half and overtime...
...rise in symbols and iconography. All hail the celebration of ignorance and irrationality!In the same way George W. Bush did in 2000, country music stars who have pushed the limits on race, religion, and “patriotism” might consider a Republican victory a blank check from the Right’s majority to push the envelope a little more. Perhaps Toby Keith will go farther than simply writing and recording a pro-lynching song like he did earlier this year and actually incite the horrific violence that those in Faulkner’s era described...