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...expect? MG: I would use the office to bully the American people to empower themselves to make fundamental changes. Only the people can do this. The Congress can’t do this. The Congress won’t buy into changing the tax code and making it really fair. The Congress won’t stop the whole military-industrial complex being the top priority of the economy. The Congress won’t do that. The people would, if the people have the power. If they chose not to do that, I would not continue to be president...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Mike Gravel | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...rise to power closely mirrored Sarkozy’s. Existentially pugnacious, detested and admired at once, Spitzer paid his dues as New York’s Attorney General, where he dazzled with his unflinching resolve to take on Wall Street corruption and white-collar crime. He won himself a fair number of enemies but even more supporters; they catapulted him to the governorship and placed him among the Democratic Party’s most promising young politicians. Despite political stumbles, he was being considered for the national stage...

Author: By David L. Golding | Title: Puritanical America, J’Accuse! | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...Nguyen said. “I could swing hard without having to worry about hitting the ball 10 feet out.”He rolled to a 6-2 second-set victory by angling groundstroke after groundstroke out of his opponent’s reach and hammering home a fair share of aces.Though the Crimson’s loss had been sealed, Kumar’s match at No. 1 continued in fine—often dramatic—form. Kumar and his opponent, Matko Maravic, looked to be at each other’s throats—even from...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Michigan Outlasts Tough Crimson | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...During a visit to the annual Paris agriculture fair at the end of February, Sarkozy glad-handed the crowd, thanking observers for coming—until he came upon one who refused to shake his hand. “Tu me salis,” or “You dirty me,” said the unidentified man, to which Sarkozy crudely retorted, “Casse-toi alors, pauvre...

Author: By Marina S. Magloire | Title: A Presidential Faux Pas | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...people who live out of town, it would be a great resource and tool," he added. "But, to be fair, if you've been living here your whole life like I have, you don't need to use Google Maps. You just use your brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Google Earth Ate Our Town | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

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