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...house wasn't the only thing in Cohen's life teetering on the brink. Figure skating, the sport by which she defines herself, was losing considerable ground after a judging scandal in the pairs competition in the 2002 Salt Lake City Games exposed the cronyism and rigged voting on which the sport was resting. It wasn't just established competitors like Cohen who were affected. The exposé threatened to alienate skating's future champions, including rising stars like Kimmie Meissner, who last year became only the second American woman to land a triple Axel in competition. Those youngsters were busy...
...media scandals—find relevance only insofar as they affect political careers. Kennedy’s legislative commitment to equality certainly outweighs an adolescent indiscretion; Alito’s support of CAP well into his thirties simply cannot be excused, especially for a man who stands on the brink of a lifetime appointment...
...they were. In some cases, they may not be slipping at all; their opponents may just be getting better. Or the decline may be a matter of perspective; after all, no one can perform at peak levels 100% of the time. Over-training and bringing the muscles to the brink of fatigue can lead to a physical plateau, after which the body just can't run any faster or swing any harder...
...leader. And that is precisely the President’s problem. Rather than maintain his myopic façade of absolute optimism, he should have given this speech months ago, if not over a year ago. That he did not deliver it until now, as he teeters on the brink of a political abyss, demonstrates how truly feeble his leadership has been. The President did not deliver an Oval Office address after the first historic Iraqi general election. Nor, for that matter, did the President deliver an Oval Office address following the symbolically significant two-thousandth American casualty in Iraq...
...joke, but has comical elements. For us, it’s a masquerade. It’s much more like a carnival…The show is about confronting oneself in an inexplicable universe, what it means to be alone, to make someone lonely, to be on the brink of death. But it’s also a farce. Those are all pretty grand ideas to fit into an hour and half play, but that’s what we’re aiming...