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Moore was quick to dismiss too much focus on Harvard’s opponents, saying the path to success lay with the Crimson itself...
Within the Administration, the person most closely associated with seeking a democratic transformation of the Middle East is Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense. But it's not clear that his position is shared by all his colleagues, and he is easy to dismiss by those who are pessimistic about the ability of the U.S. to remake the world. In the New York Review of Books, Anthony Lewis recently allowed that he was "moved by [Wolfowitz's] optimism, but I kept thinking of one thing: Vietnam...
...Sitting on the floor of the veranda attached to his family's modest living quarters, Aa Gym waves a hand to dismiss the notion he is bound for office. "To play politics never entered my mind," he says. "There are plenty of people in politics already. I want to imitate the Prophet. He said that the best a man can be is to be of benefit to others." Yet for all his disdain of "playing politics," Aa Gym allows that circumstances could change. On other occasions, he's talked vaguely about his "target" of 2009, a presidential election year. "Anything...
...Within the Administration, the person most closely associated with seeking a democratic transformation of the Middle East is Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense. But it's not clear that his position is shared by all his colleagues, and he is easy to dismiss by those who are pessimistic about the ability of the U.S. to remake the world. In the New York Review of Books, Anthony Lewis recently allowed that he was "moved by [Wolfowitz's] optimism, but I kept thinking of one thing: Vietnam...
...time increases the pressure on your perineum. (Women have perinea too, and some female cyclists have reported genitourinary problems.) Remember to lift yourself off the seat now and again to take the pressure off the perineum. Or try switching to a recumbent bike. Whatever you do, don't dismiss genital numbness. Your body could be trying to tell you something important...