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FIRST INTERMISSION: Perhaps the most noteworthy element of the whole period, other than hard hitting by both teams and two highlight-reel Crimson goals, is the fact that there were no penalties incurred. A total of 30 was assessed the last time these...
...Even further, this is a man, who despite his current popularity among progressives, underwent a good amount of liberal scrutiny as well—from free trade to “workfare” to the wars in Kosovo and Bosnia. Indeed, there was a significant element of the Left that was so fed up with the dishonesty and hypocrisy of the Clinton administration that it was willing to vote for Ralph Nader in 2000, knowing full well such the political implications of such...
...Obama's outreach to students didn't spring from some starry-eyed principle. It started as a specific element of his early strategy in Iowa. The first-in-the-nation caucuses allow 17-year-olds to vote if they are going to turn 18 before the general election, which means most high school seniors are eligible. To win those kids, Obama did something unusual in politics: he made them a genuine priority. After his rallies in towns across the state, he met backstage with student leaders from the area - a privilege most campaigns reserve for local VIPs and fund raisers...
...Ruto acknowledges that a sense of injustice among non-Kikuyu Kenyans was an important element of the election. "The most central issue that informed the debate in this election was about sharing of resources," said Ruto. "It's not about the Kalenjin community, it's about the people of Kenya...
...circling back upon is the heavily ironic notion that it is perfectly possible - literally - to get away with murder, totally unpunished, in the godless and amoral modern world. It is the theme of two of his best films, Crimes and Misdemeanors and Match Point, and it is a central element in this movie. Like the protagonists of those earlier films, the brothers are not inherently evil people. They're just rather careless ones. Or perhaps one should say ungrounded. Terry is hard-working mechanic, rather decent at heart, but afflicted with addictions to gambling and booze. Ian dreams...