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Clueless, desperate-to-fit-in, optimistic foreigners are a classic comedy trope--the Clouseaus, Cousin Balkis, Morks, Two Wild and Crazy Guys--because they spotlight the ridiculousness that we accept. When he's at a rodeo, driving the crowd into a frenzy with anti-Iraqi, pro-war cheers, Borat demonstrates how much aggression is intertwined with patriotism. And his attempts to be American pinpoint exactly how the world sees us: garish, violent, nouveau riche, a land of Donald Trumps and 50 Cents...
...watching his friends scatter. Only 38% percent of Americans say they still believe his invasion of Iraq was a good idea, and 61% percent say they don't think he has a clear plan for handling the war. But Bush has lived by the political philosophy that when the crowd is against you, you just strut more boldly across the stage. That's why he held a news conference a few days ago to hug his war policy even tighter. It is there that he argued that staying the course means "constantly changing tactics" and that benchmarks (good) aren...
...Tahari had his own shop on East 53rd Street that catered to the disco crowd, and created two labels called Midnight Lady and Morning Lady. He peddled trends like handkerchief-hem dresses to the club crowd. In 1979, with disco losing its rhythm, he opened a shop on Madison Avenue and began selling suits with a trendy vibe, cashing in on the needs of working women...
Institute of Politics (IOP) Director Jeanne Shaheen, former Democratic governor of New Hampshire, told the crowd that the youth turnout is important for a Democratic victory, noting that young voters “were the only demographic that gave [Senator John F.] Kerry a double-digit lead” in the 2004 presidential election. [See correction below...
...events on Thursday night will now be severely limited—the original rationale behind planning parties that night was to maintain the momentum from the Harvard-Yale Pep Rally, during which thousands of undergraduates are expected in the Yard. After the Pep Rally ends, the reasoning went, the crowd could simply relocate to those River dining halls set to be used as party venues, rather than dispersing to smaller parties in smaller locations across campus...