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Cross’s season was highlighted by individual wins in her specialty—the foil event...
...group that has worked closely with the White House to push Bush 2's most controversial judicial nominees through the Senate. John Podesta has been busy too. The former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton who today leads the liberal Center for American Progress has worked hard to foil Gray. Yet even as the two party generals square off in a battle that has roiled the Senate, they manage to find common cause: energy policy. "Boyden and I agree on virtually nothing," says Podesta, "but we do agree on this: the security of the country depends on a whole...
...highlights of the collection. Weighing in at 672 g and made of 23.5-carat gold, it has a menacing expression, and its mustache, beard and small locks of hair are rendered in exquisite detail. "There have been other gold masks discovered, but all of them are made of foil-thin gold," Kitov says. "Gold masks with this shape and weight are absolutely unknown." He believes the mask was owned by a Thracian ruler, who, in a ritual that has been described in ancient Greek texts, would drink wine from it at public occasions and then place the mask over...
...offers supposedly objective and documented statements about the anti-terrorism fence Israel is building to foil Palestinian suicide bombing and “News” from the region. To address the most egregious claims in the “News” section of the ad: the statement that “9,000 Palestinian citizens will be removed from their homes in Gaza and the West Bank” is so ridiculous that it is funny, as it makes use of a glaring Washington Post typo for malicious means. As part of Israel’s disengagement plan...
...didn't go there because Stan had been a pretty good sport lately. He had even come to the launch party at Mango Cafe for my book, in which-he was well aware-he's something of a foil. He had sat there smiling as I'd read aloud some of the Stan-versus-me parts. And of course, Stan knew how the book ended, and still he came to the party and back to the house afterwards for a beer. He didn't buy a copy, mind you, but he did congratulate...