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...their part, quietly hate the proposal but can't get in the way of it this close to an election. "They think the market's going to melt down and we're going to get blamed," says the disgruntled GOP staffer, "so they're going to take their usual chicken-s___ approach and vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress and the Bailout Plan: Business As Usual | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...opinion that you always have a choice. Chicken or fish. Yankees or Red Sox. Studying for an Ec midterm or playing Super Smash Brothers. But for me, one choice stands above all the rest: to rush or not to rush, that is the question. Did you know Shakespeare was one of the first men in history to rush the field after a rousing victory? I’m pretty sure it’s true! For this singular act—charging the field after a thrilling triumph—is one of sports’ greatest moments...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WALLY'S WORLD: Rushing 101: How To Storm the Field | 9/22/2008 | See Source »

...tastes kind of like a mixture between chicken and lamb,” she said, apparently unaware just how right...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ancient History on a Spit | 9/21/2008 | See Source »

...Republican brand still seems toxic. The Obama team believes, as campaign manager David Plouffe says, that "at the end of the day, this is going to come down to the choice: Do I want the McCain agenda or the Obama agenda?" Plouffe might have added that party Chicken Littles predicted Obama's demise a year ago, when they said Hillary Clinton would bury him unless he got nasty. Before Iowa, they doubted his ability to attract white votes; before his Iraq trip, they warned that a gaffe could doom his candidacy; before his convention, they said lingering resentments from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where's the Fire? | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...changes you can make as an individual. You can drive a more fuel-efficient car, or install compact fluorescent lightbulbs, or improve your insulation, but unless you intend to hunt wild buffalo and boar, there's really no green way to get meat - although organic, locally farmed beef or chicken is better than its factory-raised equivalents. The geophysicists Gidon Eschel and Pamela Martin have estimated that if every American reduced meat consumption by just 20%, the greenhouse gas savings would be the same as if we all switched from a normal sedan to a hybrid Prius...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meat: Making Global Warming Worse | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

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