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...contrast, Gephardt and Lieberman, and North Carolina Senator John Edwards, seem to be moving, and talking, in slow motion. All three spend a fair amount of time telling their personal stories, which are compelling. All three say they are fighting for average folks like their parents. All three voted with the President on Iraq and try to confront that issue straight on. Edwards is best at this: "I know you don't agree with me on Iraq," he told an audience in Indianola, Iowa, which seemed to be entirely composed of peace activists, "but I want to tell you directly...
...Bush's closest advisers last week if the President had struggled with his Iraq decision. "No," he said, peremptorily, then quickly amended, "He understands the enormity of it, he understands the nuances, but has there been hand-wringing or existential angst along the way? No." (This, in contrast to his torturous quasi-Solomonic decision on stem-cell research...
Barman’s geeky subject matter and image contrast with a genre dominated by confident, street-smart types...
...things stand, HUDS has much to learn from the Tufts’ system that encourages choice and allows all students, regardless of income bracket, to enjoy a variety of food. In contrast to its near-neighbors, Harvard has a rigidly inflexible meal plan that unfairly penalizes poorer students—and that ultimately benefits...
...live act, DJ Vadim plays his music with skill but without frills. Aside from the occasional head-bob, he never moves—standing in stark contrast to his bandmate First Rate, whose performance is sprinkled with turntablist body tricks...