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Frank occasionally turned to recent news, noting that Barack Obama was his state senator in Illinois and praising him as appropriate for the current political environment. But he qualified his comment by describing himself as pessimistic about Obama’s ability to change the way Washington works...
...announcement of the Nobel Prize in literature expected in the coming days, many literary hopefuls are sure to be on the edges of their seats as American authors like Philip Roth, John Updike ’54, and Joyce Carol Oates are considered for the prize. But a comment made on Tuesday by a senior member of the Swedish Academy—the body that bestows the Nobel Prize—that American literature is too self-absorbed might throw cold water on the hopes that an American author will bring home the prize. In an interview with the Associated...
...going to get in trouble if I comment on that. The only thing I can say is that there’s litigation that’s ongoing...
...Helena, farther north in the state, Dave Smith, who owns a business that makes electronic musical instruments, says, "I just want them to come up with something that's more reasonable and more fair and that still might help. Unfair would be the biggest one-word comment. No one is going to help me if I have problems with my company. Especially considering the huge amounts of money these companies were paying themselves, it's really obscene." Another St. Helena resident, Paul Tuttle, a registered Republican, peppered his Representative, Democrat Mike Thompson, with anti-bailout e-mail. "I think...
...critique of Obama but relinquished his own ability to rise above the political maw. By choosing Sarah Palin, he lit a grass fire of GOP enthusiasm but risked undermining his ticket's claim of having greater experience and putting "country first." By attacking Obama's "lipstick on a pig" comment, the campaign clearly established itself as willing to engage in frivolous, small-ball distractions, a disposition that served McCain poorly when he pivoted and tried to portray himself as a sober statesman willing to halt his campaign to deal with the nation's financial meltdown. Most recently, McCain rolled...