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...Last week, though, the coordinators made both a goodhearted attempt at spin and a genuine contribution to sociology when they published a research report about their investigation. The 36-page breakdown relies heavily on the insistence that the project was meant to have the aspect of Bakhtin’s ‘carnival,’ a subversive “lens for the analysis of culture, language and narrative.” Whether or not this allusion was worked in to apologize for the project’s flawed final product, it?...
Give me your breakdown of general-election matchups. Who is John McCain stronger against? -Danny Collins, Chantilly, VA.I think Senator Hillary Clinton has a lower ceiling and a higher floor. She probably can't get much above 53% or 54% [of the vote], and she probably can't drop much below 47%. Senator Barack Obama is a bigger gamble for the Democrats. He could be a unifying national leader. He could collapse as well...
...never seen the movie before I tried out. I got a breakdown of the scenario the book writers were conceiving, and that sort of told us where the songs would...
...Analysts believe that only Zimbabwe's neighbors, particularly South Africa, have the leverage to force Mugabe to resolve the crisis. But Zimbabwe's neighbors are divided among themselves over how to respond, and all are wary of an anarchic breakdown that brings thousands more refugees streaming across the border. Although Mugabe has long traded on his credentials as an anti-imperialist liberation hero, younger leaders in the region are exasperated by Mugabe's behavior. On Friday, Botswana's foreign minister, Phandu Skelemani, broke ranks with his SADC peers to publicly criticize Mbeki's handling of the crisis and admit that...
...After Gibbons eeked out a final goal, the score went into the books, 8-7.“A lot of their goals came from a bunch of different things,” La Fiura said. “It wasn’t just a one-on-one breakdown with anybody. It’s hard to say but two of the four goals [Caldwell scored] were of of transition or ground ball situations.”In the second half, Harvard held the advantage in shots, 21-10, ground balls, 17-13, and face-offs...