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What this means, for the slow of mind and faint of heart, is that some of that money found its way into Clifford's pockets. One can only conclude that the government's persistent refusal to follow this bloody money trail, relentlessly, is because too many people as well-connected as Clark Clifford...
Somewhere back there a voice whispered, "Good bet. Sure bet. The big H!" If you heard this voice, even its faint echo from the study or the kitchen (some of you will deny even this), it doesn't necessarily mean the H stands for hubris or hypocrite. Chances are, you've come to such a conclusion yourself; perhaps you've already justified the choice into oblivion, purged yourself of any guilt. If so, you now belong here. You have kept your erasers in order...
Still, the subjects of some authoritarian governments would welcome a healthy dose of human-rights diplomacy, however faint. Says Egyptian analyst Tahsin Bashir: "It would be beneficial if Arab rulers realized the U.S. is not going to be an automatic safety net for every corrupt and incompetent regime in the region." Should Washington push too far, on the other hand, it might give militant Islamism, a movement distinctly untested in democratic virtues, entree to power. And a pronounced U.S. tilt back to Israel in the Middle East talks risks sending Syria and the Palestinians packing at a time when...
...took a while--twelve years actually--but we're finally going to have a Democrat in the White House come January. It's about time. Us college-age types have lived through the reign of only one other Democratic president, and childhood memories of his hapless administration are faint. Since Carter's well-meaning but incompetent four years, Republicans have achieved the inconceivable goal of both ruining America and convincing American voters that things are peachy. They've done all this, of course, with political masterminds like Roger Ailes and Jim Baker, campaigns that divide America by race, sex, religion...
...faint Russian accent, khanga discussed the importance for people "to know their roots, to understand their heritage, and to have the self-confidence that comes as a result of these...