Word: campaigners
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...Lucian takes a lashing and keeps on gnashing), and part Spartacus, come to free the slaves - or are they pets - kept by the vampire overlords. In a dungeon or on a dark redoubt, Lucian offers his surly band of rebels "freedom and immortality!" (Wasn't that Tony Blair's campaign slogan when Labour ousted the Tories...
...choice advocates on Jan. 22 was over and by doing it out of sight of the cameras. He observed the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by issuing a statement reaffirming his support for a woman's right to choose but also appealing - as he did throughout the presidential campaign - for common-ground approaches to abortion policy: "We are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support women and families in the choices they make." (Read "The Grass-Roots Abortion...
...Gibbs had to endure a few other sticky moments during his inaugural briefing with a White House press corps that seemed determined to shake the lap dog reputation reporters covering Obama during the campaign had acquired. He fended off repeated questions about the second swearing-in of the President, which had only been open to a few journalists and no photographers or video or audio equipment. And he did his best to defend the new Administration against charges of violating its own tough new ethics guidelines by appointing two former lobbyists as high-ranking agency deputies, one at the Pentagon...
...opponents closer to the center of the political spectrum, rather than aligning with parties even further to the right. That option could even see him offer Barak the job of defense minister again. The country's most decorated soldier, Barak allowed himself to be photographed often during the Gaza campaign in a black leather bomber jacket, poring over battle maps with his generals. This tough guy image sits well with Israelis, even if they were displeased that the Gaza war ended without Hamas' surrender. With Labor and Livni's Kadima on board, it may be possible for Netanyahu...
...Upon graduating law school, Mitchell worked as a lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department and in his home state of Maine until 1979. During that period, he also took time out to work as an assistant and later a deputy campaign manager for Senator Edmund Muskie...