Word: buts
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"I realize that I'm a role model, but I've been a role model for my community for 30 years. It's part of who I am, and I believe it makes me a better representative for the city of Houston." - At a press conference the day after her...
"[Parker's sexuality] was a factor, but not enough of a factor to stop her. We are talking about a candidate who has been in public life for 12 years. Everyone knows her. You had an entire race where no one ever questioned whether she was good at her job...
Despite the plethora of miracles, Roberts was no match for the charismatic, mainstream electricity generated by his contemporary Billy Graham. There was always the reek of snake oil to Roberts' piety, hence his long attempt at seeking respectability: joining the United Methodist Church in the late 1960s and giving up...
Last September, when French authorities sent riot police to raze "the Jungle," a makeshift camp near Calais, they made sure plenty of international media were on hand. By closing the camp and dispersing its population of clandestine aliens who were awaiting a chance to sneak across the Channel to Britain...
On Dec. 9, the aid group Secours Catholique won permission to begin setting up a center to care for the most vulnerable aliens who stayed in Calais after the Sept. 22 operation. The approval didn't come easy. With more than half of the nearly 1,000 refugees who occupied...