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...very old and clichéd to Obama's legion of young supporters, who were the real game changers in this year of extraordinary turnouts. That, and the fact that Democrats have been the party of government, tragically hooked on the high-minded: they don't react well to flagrant pandering or character assassination. This has been a losing position these past 40 years, and the media - like pollsters and political consultants - tend to look in the rearview mirror and pretend to see the future...
...deviation from the path of the Boston Brahmin, all of us again participating in just the “naked self-interest” Marx inveighs against in his manifesto. No one expresses more than a tinge of voiceless, ‘moral’ disgust at the flagrant, moustache-twirling greed of those attending info session after Goldman Sachs info session; these shock troops of the global market get a free pass (except of course from the aging vigilantes in the Class of 1967).Our shepherds, the professors, cannot be let off the hook. After all, their dabbling with...
...Donato said. While proving they weren’t hesitant to blow the whistle, the officials appeared to hand out penalties on several clean plays (for example, docking the Bears’ Mike Stuart for roughing on a textbook clean hit against the boards) while missing several flagrant infractions (such as a blatant takedown by Brown’s Devin Timberlake). The officiating, however, may not have the strangest aspect of the game. That honor goes to an unusual coaching decision by Donato, who, with his team down 4-1 in the third period, called goaltender Kyle Richter...
...rebels was echoed by the African Union, whose new president, Tanzanian Jakaya Kikwete, pledged that "in case of a rebel victory, we'll excommunicate them from the African Union". Even the region's former bad boy sponsor of rebellions, Libyan leader Mohammar Ghaddafi, condemned the rebel offensive as "a flagrant violation" of African security accords. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon noted that with violence and instability rife in throughout the area, "these developments are extremely dangerous, and could provoke an escalation throughout the region...
Annoyed with the flagrant paper-wasting tactics of UC campaigns? Feel like exiting the Science Center has turned into a maze which you must navigate your way in and out of the crowd to avoid groups of shouting supporters? Bothered by candidates knocking on your door in the midst of midterm studying? If you need a break from the UC elections, check out “Man of the Year,” a dark comedy that explores what happens when a political satirist runs for the presidency as a joke—and wins. Starring Robin Williams, the film...