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...left, but left of center nonetheless. The Republicans were about the same distance to the right. It was simple to place myself on the scale, of course: I was left of the Democrats. For two years, I marched to the beat of Clinton’s drum...
...realized then that I’m not a liberal, and I’m not a conservative. I quit marching to the beat of the Democratic drum, and started listening to the Republican. I don’t march to it, but I accept it. And I’m not embarrassed. I’m not scared to say I don’t support the living wage, yet I still don’t think ROTC should return to campus. I think Harvard should divest from Israel, and I hope that the U.S. wipes out Saddam Hussein...
...ever more extreme circumstances. Some reports say that by war's end only 20 Jews were still alive in Warsaw. If The Pianist was not a risky choice for the Jury, it was an honorable one, in the tradition of such previous Palme d'Or winners as The Tin Drum, The Mission, Pelle the Conqueror and Farewell My Concubine - films that impose a personal story on a grand, wrenching national canvas. After the award ceremony, the critics massed in righteous annoyance that a film as conventional (though artfully, powerfully made) as Polanski's could win the Palme d'Or, when...
...French fans sat in shock, the Senegalese crowd - many of whom were, in truth, surrogate Senegalese, Koreans wearing the yellow jerseys of the African team - bounced to the beat of Ablaye Thiam's drum. As the minutes wore down and the French still couldn't produce an equalizer, the thrum grew ever louder. "I am the heart of our team," said Thiam, pounding the instrument with a leather mallet. "Boom-boom. Boom-boom. Can you hear it? My heart is so happy today...
...pair of passing Korean teenagers, unused to such physical displays of happiness, giggled and asked to have their picture taken with this strange dancing man. Thiam obliged, wrapping his arms around the girls. "Dance with me," he said. The girls responded with a nervous shuffle. Thiam tapped his drum. The girls grew braver and produced a saucy two-step. Thiam grinned and shook their hands. So commenced one of the most improbable starts to any World Cup. The party was officially ready to begin...