Word: circuitousness
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...true that the Red Sox enter the playoffs with more walks and a higher OPS than the Cubs. But since pitchers don't hit in the American League, those numbers tend to skew higher in the junior circuit. Bottom line: if the Cubs can stay patient and pound like they've done all summer, it'll be a fun fall on the North Side...
...throws in the instant insanity of a secondary character that nearly stokes a race riot, Pride and Glory has waived all rights to a dispassionate verdict. It's glum and goofy enough make to We Own the Night, the requisite serioso cop drama from last year's festival circuit, seem a masterpiece by comparison...
...overwhelmingly against the men, so the lawsuit didn't go ahead, and at 4:30 a.m. E.T. that day, the start-up of the LHC did. A beam of protons was sent whirling around a ring-shaped tunnel some 300 ft. underground and nearly 17 miles around, making the circuit in approximately 1/10,000 of a second...
...obliterated the enthusiasm gap in the media and among voters. The "Yes we can" excitement that Democrats have enjoyed all election season is getting a run for its money. Palin--by prompting a flood of donations (see Momentum, Party Unity and Enthusiasm) and hitting the fund-raising circuit--has helped diminish what was expected to be a major Democratic cash advantage. But the controversial Alaska governor inspired substantial giving to her opposition as well...
...past week, the campaign has written off much of the skepticism about the qualifications of vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin as the reaction of a biased media establishment out of touch with real Americans. "She's not part of the Washington, D.C., cocktail circuit," Steve Schmidt, one of McCain's senior advisers, told TIME. "Elite opinion looks down with contempt at people who are not part of their world." Left unmentioned was the fact that McCain himself has been an A-list member of the Washington élite since he arrived in the capital more than 30 years...