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...happens quite a lot. I love it and I occasionally write special passages for them, where Mma Ramotswe pays particular attention to the people getting married. I think that people find that there are passages [from these books] which resonate with them, and which say something about matters that people will think about at weddings...
...sort of flowed from a discussion she had about traditional notions of beauty in Africa, which would tend to celebrate fleshiness. It indicates that she's not going to be swayed by passing fashion. Her build is traditional. It shows that she is comfortable with herself, and she will find a good way of describing the way she is, rather than a negative...
...find a lot of people who don't like Arlen Specter, but you can't find anyone who doesn't respect him." - David Urban, Specter's former chief of staff (Time, April 14, 2006) (See an illustrated calendar of Obama's first 100 days...
...Carter's era, the Democratic caucus was riven by ideological differences and too disdainful of the President to work with him effectively. Senate associate historian Donald Ritchie says you have to go all the way back to the dawn of F.D.R.'s second term in 1937 to find a President aligned with a filibuster-proof Senate majority that has comparable cohesion and potential to pass significant legislation. "Doing the filibuster at every whim to block us is not [an option], and that makes legislating a lot easier," says New York Democrat Charles Schumer. (See a day-by-day look...
...controversial Employee Free Choice Act; his resistance to the measure, which would make it easier for unions to organize workers, all but killed it. While Specter said he would not support the bill in its current form, union officials are now far more hopeful that they can find a compromise that will bring him around...