Word: exactement
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...pointing at a gangly-looking girl who was sitting on the bench. “I don’t need to listen to your obnoxious comments.” Bennett chuckled, and then whispered to me, “Yeah, like she wasn’t thinking the exact same thing I was.” He yelled to her, “You’re not getting into our next party with that attitude, baby.” That signature wink again. “God, you people make me sick,” Maya replied disgustedly...
...what made the Mountain Goats show so touching. For me, at least. I’m sure there were people in the crowd who had just gone through a horrendous break-up, or bombed the LSAT, or lost a pet, and Darnielle probably touched them in the exact same way. That’s where the real power behind his depressing verses and sing-along choruses comes from—they get the demons out. Darnielle constantly scans the crowd, making eye contact with everyone, allowing his own joy to spill out over everyone. The show consisted mostly of cuts...
...world's pariah states are usually recognizable personalities. Kim Jong Il with his electrified hairdo, Muammar Gaddafi with his aviator sunglasses, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his penchant for windbreakers. But Burma? No one dictator comes to mind, only a coterie of faceless generals - 12, if one wants to be exact. Last week, in the junta's latest wave of repression, soldiers fired on thousands of peaceful protesters who had dared challenge its iron-fisted rule, killing dozens, according to initial U.N. estimates. But the question remains: Who exactly are the brutal generals behind one of the world's most isolated regimes...
There were some at the CNP breakout who shared the spirit but questioned the wisdom of making the third-party threat. Recalled a participant who likened the splinter group to a kamikaze mission: "I was just sitting there thinking how every third-party effort has accomplished the exact opposite of what was intended. Perot helped give America the Clintons, and Nader delivered the White House to Bush." Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister often cited as the ideal bridge-building vice-presidential pick, was in no hurry to see his brethren break away. "The fact that...
...exact parameters of the deals for each country are classified. But generally the agreements function like 10-year protection contracts saying that the United States will guarantee the security of a signatory country. In return, the United States is allowed to base troops, dock ships and store military hardware in those countries in furtherance of its efforts to project force in the Middle East...