Word: comparison
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...know enough about him to have an opinion one way or the other. In hypothetical matchups with the preseason G.O.P. favorite, John McCain, Hillary is the only big-name Democrat to make a real race of it, with McCain edging her by just 2 points among registered voters. By comparison, McCain would trounce Kerry by 10 points and Gore...
...OHinNY. There's no other information provided in the post except for his first name, Tom, but the blog is popular enough that even if it's technically private, it's really easy to deduce who someone is, and that has very interesting ramifications. I think the better comparison is reality television - people really want to be on it. It's a compliment in a weird, 21st century kind...
...they are doing very well. If the icc can show that they can do the work and not become politicized, then the U.S. and other countries will have to participate. As you contemplate the war unfolding in Iraq, do the war crimes of the Balkans seem less severe by comparison? I don't think so. It's not the numbers. It's the motivation. What is happening in Iraq is horrible but in some ways it is just a repetition of what happened in the Balkans. Is there a role in Iraq for an international court? That should have been...
...weeks--that Princeton wasn't heavenly at all but a flawed, all-too-human institution whose reputation seemed exaggerated compared with the quality of the education it offered. Because I had transferred there from a smaller school--Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.--I had a basis for comparison. Although Princeton had far more money and mystique, its reading lists were composed of the same books, and its students were filled with the same questions. But the students carried those books with more aplomb, and they asked their questions with more confidence...
...ways, and it is tempting—perhaps even appropriate—to fault my friends for limiting their lives by making so many “adult” decisions at such an early stage. But what right do I have, when my life is so uncomplicated by comparison...