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...Kelly was the source, declared that "we accurately interpreted and reported the factual information obtained by us during interviews with Dr. Kelly." This doesn't tally with Kelly telling his bosses that he hadn't impugned Campbell to Gilligan. Described as a "consummate professional" by colleagues, tough enough to grind down Iraqi officers who were trying to stymie weapons inspections, Kelly was nevertheless not a major player in producing the dossier on Iraqi weapons. He supplied mostly historical information for the document. He would certainly have heard rumblings in Whitehall that the intelligence services were unhappy about the way their...
Predictable, yes, but far from boring, these elevator rides have become part of the grind. The key is knowing the system, keeping to yourself—and above all, praying they don’t break down...
...month. She attends the 1968 Republican Convention as a Rockefeller volunteer and is astonished by the opulence of the Fontainebleu Hotel; she orders room service, and "I can still see the giant fresh peach that came wrapped in a napkin." In her way, Hillary Rodham--the awkward Midwestern grind, the Methodist too-gooder--is as much of an outsider as Bill Clinton. Her swoon is inevitable, her willful blindness to his flaws almost understandable. Almost...
...speech] was inspiring,” Bookman said. “He told us that he could see on our faces the daily grind of being a student-athlete. We were going about it all wrong, he said. We needed to enjoy ourselves, have fun and relish the fact that we get to play Division I volleyball and go to Harvard. For a young coach to be able to rally and inspire his players to such success is a testament to the great things he did for the program this year...
...hand, though I feel happy with my time at The Crimson, I’m very glad to leave behind the journalistic grind. I cannot possibly convey in words the violent frustration one feels when a computer crashes and deletes a nearly-finished article an hour before deadline. I can’t express in newsprint how horrible it is to be awake at four in the morning editing what will be that morning’s content, all the while worrying about the history paper that awaits unfinished on the laptop back home. Not to mention all those weekends...