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...Smith Goes to Washington” had been a true story, then Mr. Smith would never have gone to Washington at all. Instead, his state’s governor would probably have selected someone with strong ties to the local political machine, a Rolodex full of influential allies and wealthy donors, and a famous name. If the 28th Amendment is ratified, the public might indeed choose the career politician over the Mr. Smiths of the world to fill Senate vacancies. But, in this case, what matters is that the choice was made by the voters, not by an electorate...
...whole scene made me queasy, and I tried to look away, but the only other thing to focus on was the Hair Club for Men gone horribly wrong that calls itself the Tigers’ frontcourt. Apparently one of the hazing rituals for guys over 6’7 on the Princeton basketball team involves growing your hair as long as possible and then turning the lights out in the locker room while your teammates attack your head with scissors...
...moment is gone, the briefly reclaimed piece of my soul once again stripped away from me. With no clear object of my scorn, I can only hope to be lucky enough to be present when the next douchey Ivy squad comes to town. Either that, or travel to Providence when the Harvard baseball team goes to Brown this spring...
...natural disaster in the state's history,' and that it was a crisis of not only electricity but of communication. "This is a situation that's awesome in scope. Ninety of 120 counties are declared emergencies, and it's becoming an issue of communication. Communication towers and lines have gone down, whole communication systems have been devastated," which made it difficult to assess conditions and target relief efforts. He also acknowledged that given the breadth of the emergency, some municipalities had been slow in receiving aid. "There's a level of frustration at the local level, and that's completely...
...island state of Tasmania in the far south, freezing gales blew, blanketing mountains with snow. In the state of Victoria, in the southeastern corner of the mainland, the number of sunny hours a day dropped from the normal 8.3 to a mere seven. "Where has our summer gone," moaned a newspaper report, while some readers commented that it made you wonder if global warming was real...