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...small ad campaign by an obscure organization called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth smeared John Kerry's Vietnam War record and dealt his campaign a blow from which it never fully recovered. The episode demonstrated the new power of independent political organizations, known as 527s or 501(c)s for the sections of the tax code under which they operate. These groups function outside the campaign-finance laws. Among other things, most can collect unlimited contributions...
...will see the first start ever from sophomore quarterback Jeff Witt, and Brown will begin game two of the post-Hartigan ever. Judging from the first game, though, it may be an easier transition than originally imagined for both teams.“Obviously, losing Hartigan is a big blow, but they seem to have found tailback by committee,” Murphy said. In the Bears’ 34-21 opening win over Georgetown last week, five backs combined for 207 yards on the ground. “They have three big, strong, fast kids that they?...
...Every civilized nation, including those in the Muslim world, must support those in the region who are offering a more hopeful alternative. We know that when people have a voice in their future, they are less likely to blow themselves up in suicide attacks. We know that when leaders are accountable to their people, they are more likely to seek national greatness in the achievements of their citizens, rather than in terror and conquest. So we must stand with democratic leaders and moderate reformers across the broader Middle East. We must give them voice to the hopes of decent...
...opportunities you have in the Marine Corps. What do you want to do?? Pushes it across the desk at me. I looked him in the eye and I pushed it back across the desk, y? know, and I said, ?No. I want to be a grunt. I want to blow sh-- up. That?s what I want to do.?" He snaps out of his reverie. "That?s what I got to do. I got to blow...
...gave him. She is excitable and charismatic, and she talks--and curses--freely, laughing in the middle of crying. In the late '60s, Shakur was one of the more outspoken black power voices on the East Coast--one of the "Panther 21," charged with and acquitted of conspiring to blow up the New York Botanical Garden and several department stores. (Full disclosure: I first met Shakur as a child. She and my father were comrades in the Black Panther Party...