Word: crackly
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...defamation suit against McNamee. But to this point, the trainer has stuck by his story. So Congress is mediating a classic he said/she said dispute among old friends (on national television, of course). Many baseball fans wonder, with the anticipation usually reserved for a playoff game, if anyone will crack under oath...
...happen." Really? First off, this conclusion presumes that either Clemens or McNamee suddenly changes his story, and admits that he lied. That's the first long shot. "Perry Mason has been off the air for years," says Fordham University law professor James Cohen. "No one is going to crack...
...suppose someone does crack. Say Clemens gives a tearful confession. Say Pettitte, who is a strong witness since he already copped to McNamee's allegations against him in the Mitchell report, rats out his pal and training partner. None of this would make the Mitchell report "entirely" credible. Just because Mitchell got Clemens right, that doesn't mean he is right about the 70 or so other players who haven't corroborated the claims against them...
...After the past few days, the pertinent question to ask is, is the crack-up happening already? Far-fetched as it would have seemed a month ago, the seeds of self-destruction are being planted in the war of coded words about race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The bickering has exploded in the space of a week into Topic A in the Democratic race, supplanting for the moment the war and the economy and health care - and shows no sign of a quick resolution...
...moderate”; indeed, one reason Ron Paul’s extreme views have found so much support is that he seems freer of the artifice that holds so many others in a tenacious grip. Under the present system, a show of emotion amounts to a crack in the gleaming, vapid exterior to reveal the hopes, worries, and humanity that underlie it. It’s disconcerting because although we like to admire our candidates from afar and know the intimate details of their lives, what we really want is not a personal connection but a dependable president. But some...