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...Russia is a modern state which has struggled out of the grip of medievalist in scarcely a century, has promised its cautious and hardy citizens national security, law and order, cradle to grave welfarism, and has delivered on those promises. This is a society notable for stability amidst hardship...
...rolls back the long-held secrets of the deep. One measure of how far the salvage trade has come is that when the De Braak sank 186 years ago, salvage was impossible, even though her masts were visible above the surface for more than a year to mark her grave...
...grew larger as Bailey thought of it. A gesture at last that would be more than a gesture. It would be the transfiguration of a protest. He would be done with the mortifying slouch of the timid piss ant. Something moved in his center, urging itself upward from the grave. Seeds. Transfigured. Up, up! The crust of the grave began to crack. Isn't it grand what a little call to adventure can do for you, Bailey. Does Bailey love a challenge? Do eggsuckers suck eggs...
...looks and a smoothe style to political success, but the emphasis on this to the exclusion of other qualities is getting ridiculous--as the Senate campaign is Washington reminds us. Here, no movie star or pop singer was good enough--this time the consultants had to reach into the grave, literally. It is hardly surprising that a candidate might look wistfully to the towering giants of bygone eras; Jackson was the only statesman my state has generated, a man respected in both Washingtons. Since he dies, several communities in Washington State have been vying to see which can name...
Jackson's "Endorsement From the Grave" is the logical extension of the gap between appearance and the reality. Jackson, were he alive today, might well have supported Gardner's candidacy. Then again, he might not have. Jackson cannot vote for Gardner; his alleged posthumous support carries no weight. However, by leeching part of the public's respect for Jackson, by trying to seize a piece of Jackson's image and make it his own, Gardner has displayed just how far the image has come in its long-standing battle with substance in our political process...