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...with some passion." And sure enough, when McCain talks about the "corruption" caused by the way campaigns are financed, he is all passion: his eyes burn; his voice is clear; and his words flow unchecked by calculation. He is excited too when he rails against popular ethanol subsidies in ethanol-dependent Iowa or preaches the value of ethnic diversity in lily-white New Hampshire. But ask him about the rest of his message, and McCain dutifully recites a list of issues he says "resonate" with voters: "lower taxes, smaller government, less regulation, Social Security [and] Medicare." His heart just doesn...
...enough to give anyone palpitations. Scientists have shown that injecting alcohol into a congenitally enlarged heart and deliberately inducing a heart attack can ease the shortness of breath, chest pain and other symptoms of the genetic disorder. The alcohol--it's ethanol, equivalent to 200-proof vodka--kills overgrown heart muscle, enabling blood to flow more freely...
...time you read this, perhaps you've descended from the ethanol-induced haze that accompanies many a student's Head of the Charles weekend. Or maybe you've finally returned to campus now that the bothersome teenage preppies, shameless radio hawkers, old Harvard oarsmen and just plain crazy rowing aficionados have left town. Whatever the case, welcome back to normalcy: a time when one can stroll peacefully along the Charles, and Harvard isn't a police state...
...generous to the Democratic National Committee and that a financial-services concern that wanted to squash a consumer-protection clause would feel inspired to support the campaign of Alfonse D'Amato, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. He wasn't opposed to the system; he was opposed to ethanol. He believed that using corn for anything but feeding people or livestock was against the laws of nature...
...patient. But had the voice, the last time it came on, talked not about patience but about how much of the world's food supply was produced in the U.S.? The voice had a familiar echo. Brinkley? Had Mike just heard David Brinkley describe how the federal ethanol program creates jobs and reduces our trade balance? Maybe not. Mike didn't want to find out. He hung up the phone. The next Sunday he was back in front of his TV set, glowering...