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...distinctly unmerry way. About halfway through it begins to dawn on you that this is essentially another film in the newish tradition of the unfunny comedy (The Break-Up is another recent example). Or perhaps we should say that it is comedy only because that's the default setting for this kind of movie in the marketing department's computers. Hey, we got a funny guy and a presumptively funny situation, so it must be a laff riot. Or, at least, something we can sell as such...
...articles on Martin, I discovered a glitch—despite her impressive credentials, Martin’s stay on the Commission is likely to be short. Arizona Senate President Ken Bennett has blocked the vote on Martin’s appointment, thereby limiting her to a one-year default term instead of the regular three. In an e-mail to a member of the board of directors of the National Rifle Association, Bennett said he had blocked the vote because of concerns over “her policies toward the Game and Fish Commission and its activities?...
...want complete Japanese domination of the Far East either, and so he actively lobbied both sides to turn to the peace table. Since Britain was diplomatically allied to Japan, and France to Russia, neither was an acceptable arbitrator. And the Kaiser's Germany was trusted by no one. By default the U.S. became the natural mediator. Roosevelt persuaded the two nations to send representatives to the U.S. for negotiations to be conducted in Portsmouth, N.H., where he took the deepest interest in cajoling, often bullying, the two belligerents into ending the war. For his role, T.R. was awarded...
...Moulitsas does know he has become the face of the netroots, though he insists that it's a position he has inherited only by default. The left lacks many telegenic spokespeople, he says. "It's the difference between the Fox News anchors - you know, blond, put-together - and our people. It's like, 'You know, lady, put on a bra. Would it kill you to put on a bra?'" Moulistas is sponsoring a media training session at Yearly Kos; one can only hope that Maidenform is on the agenda...
...tournaments. The individual matches are decided by best of three contested periods.Preston, who lost on a technical fall in his first match, went on to win three matches by technical fall and three matches by decision in the consolation rounds. He also had a win due to an injury default. In the third place match, Preston lost after being pinned in the third period after suffering a concussion.Meltzer, after receiving a bye in the first round, won four straight matches to get into the semifinals before losing in a decision to Andy Simmons of the Michigan Wrestling Club...