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Unfortunately, this example of the right wing forcing its agenda down the throats of Texas children comes as no surprise. Textbook publishers who want to tap into the nation’s second largest textbook market must go through a gauntlet of citizen watchdog groups and right-wing think tanks who inspect the books before passing them on to the no less conservative State Board of Education for approval. By these means the Lone Star State has already been rewriting American History from the perspective of the hard-line religious right for years...
...George Tenet, may well be auditioning for the bigger job too. Many Republicans and intelligence hands believe Bush is likely to promote Goss to the new post of national intelligence director if it is created. Indeed, that may be a reason why Goss is willing to run the Senate gauntlet for a job that could soon be stripped of much authority. "I can't imagine he would be a party to a job that isn't going to last very long or is going to have a new boss put on top of him," said a senior intelligence official...
...Christ--on DVD this week, untainted by extras--is sure to be a must-own for millions of Christians. But maybe not a must-watch. In a theater, viewers were riveted to their seats watching the Godman's ordeal. At home, many will squeamishly fast-forward through this edifying gauntlet of Kick-the-Christ...
...they don't care if it costs them a life." In Ruby, S.C., John Shane Ratliff, 32, says he was attracted to the KBR job by the promise of as much as $120,000 a year and a desire to help his country. Instead, he found himself running a gauntlet of rocks as spikes were thrown at his tires. Once while driving, he took a rock to the head, which knocked him unconscious. His lone weapon was a can of ravioli his wife sent in a care package. "They didn't know what it was, something red shaped like that...
...more immersive than it should be. The real test is how well its given set of character classes, equipment, magical items and foes hold up over countless stages of battle. Crystal Chronicles’ top-down gameplay has been compared to Diablo and Zelda, but is most reminiscent of Gauntlet, in which a small band of heroes roved endlessly across tidy little maps filled with monsters and treasure chests. Brilliantly, the countless skirmishes you’ll encounter reflect the turn-based combat of earlier Final Fantasy games and most true RPGs. Each enemy has a small set of behaviors...