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...Pariser and the MoveOniks can't seem to get Bill Clinton's success out of their craw. They persist in seeing "triangulation"-which was the consultant Dick Morris' odious term for Third Way liberalism-as a mere political strategy rather than a governing philosophy. It was a bit of each, of course. But the philosophy was both successful and profound. It proposed the achievement of liberal ends through market-oriented conservative means. Welfare reform, which combined a work requirement with significant financial incentives for the working poor, was the best example of how the philosophy might work. Unfortunately, Monica Lewinsky...
...don’t think people from my vintage would have liked randomization,” says James J. Pates, Jr. ’55, who lived in Lowell House. “It just kind of sticks in my craw...
...dying out. Since then, nearly 200,000 Jews have arrived, most of them from the former Soviet Union. The majority do not speak German and only half have joined a local synagogue. Even the Jewish community complains of being overrun. But the idea of quotas sticks in the craw. Says Charlotte Knobloch, vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany: "Despite all the difficulties, it is a stroke of luck that Jews are returning to Germany." Claudia Roth, co-chairwoman of the Greens, takes a harder line. "We are going to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation...
...other words, to get a deal on nuclear weapons, the Bush Administration will have to swear an oath to refrain from pursuing the overthrow of the regime of Kim Jong Il. But guaranteeing the security of a charter member of President Bush's "Axis of Evil" sticks in the craw of many in the Administration...
...nine-plus minute “1% of One,” whose chorus is simply “one percent of one is one,” to his newer side—tender love songs such as “Us,” “Craw Song” and “Vanessa From Queens.” In these we see Malkmus reluctantly fitting into traditional pop song structures, but doing it his way. Like the rest of this excellent new record, the songs are resonant with his inescapable quirkiness and overarching warmth...