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When women candidates suggest that they should be trusted more on an issue they know about -- for instance, reproductive rights -- men cry foul, despite the fact that for years they have been touting their war records as a way to show how much they can be trusted on national defense. During the primary campaign for California's Democratic gubernatorial nomination, former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein said that as a woman she would be more steadfast in her support of abortion than her pro-choice male opponent. For that temerity, she was called sexist. The New York Times editorialized that...
...foul was called, no goal was scored, the game went into overtime and sooner than you can say "blown call," it was Princeton--not Harvard--earning the right to battle Brown for top Ivy League water polo honors...
Furthermore, staffers say the apostrophe in "Lord's" is different from standard Review style, and Pritchett recalls past incidents in which editors have discovered mysterious insertions of foul language in the paper's articles. The case for sabotage is plausible, if not convincing...
Even when the redeeming chance arose nine minutes into the overtime--in the form of a B.C. tripping foul on Harvard sophomore Juan Betancourt in the penalty box--the Crimson cold not drive the score home...
...career fair at Memorial Hall has put me in a foul mood. The Peace Crops recruiter smirked at the mention of candidates with no knowledge of carpentry or mechanics. When I confessed a lack of expertise in math and science, the Teach for America representative rolled her eyes and said, "Well, maybe you could teach in the elementary school program...