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...Discomfort with Taft's paleoconservatism, seen as discredited by the failure of high tariffs, the global implications of World War II and the formation of the Soviet Bloc, was strong enough to carry Ike to the nomination and eventual victory. While it is not true that this was the final defeat of paleoconservatives, Taft's failed candidacy was the closest such activists ever came to capturing the big prize in the postwar...
...past decade were especially decent people who just let their guard down. In interviews with 50 cop killers, says FBI forensic psychologist Anthony Pinizzotto, the agency heard again and again that the victims provided an opening when they took it easy on the suspect. To spare one collar the discomfort of being handcuffed behind his back, for example, a policeman cuffed him in front and let him ride in the patrol-car passenger seat; the suspect grabbed the officer's gun and killed him. Female officers reportedly were tougher on body searches -- and it paid off. Policemen reluctant to conduct...
...mile drive to the base of the mountain. From there we headed out on foot across a small dam and then walked along an irrigation canal past rice paddies. Our leisurely stroll ended abruptly when the path veered off through 12-ft.-high, aptly named saw grass. But the discomfort of being hacked at by razor-sharp weeds became fond memories when the trail suddenly zoomed up the mountain at a 70 degrees incline. For almost a mile straight up, there was less a path than a series of tenuous toeholds dug into sticky red clay. Several other equally steep...
...foreign policy analyst for the Social Democrats in Bonn, "is that it is the Germans who are pushing it. Considering Germany's history in Yugoslavia, the Serbs are convinced that Germany is splitting up their state again. That escalates the conflict." In a number of capitals there was discomfort with the appearance of Germany again supporting Croatian independence, as the Nazis backed fascist Croatia during World...
...tough time with "Tom Brown," a black man in his 50s, whose dietary habits were contributing to high blood pressure. "Brown" said he didn't want to be treated with drugs because medication had ruined his brother's sex life. Says Wellington: "The biggest problem was my own discomfort," particularly when it came to asking him about his sexual history and possible drug abuse, which drew hostile responses. "Now I preface my interviews with, 'These are questions we ask everyone. We need the answers to take the best care...