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...streak and a sharp eye for period detail (Bond's girl of the moment drives a white Sunbeam Alpine). But by now, Bond is so bound by convention--there must be exotic settings (Paris, Persia, Russia) and vehicles (the unstoppable Ekranoplan!), and the villain has to have an exotic handicap (a weird, deformed monkey hand)--that it's all poor James can do to wriggle convincingly under all that baggage. And escape, my dear 007, is quite impossible...
...Depending on who you talk to, any of those names could be placed on a McCain long list for the vice presidency, a list that McCain has said includes about 20 names. But at this point the potential VP field is difficult to handicap, in part because campaign aides continue to insist that the process remains in its early stages. Still, veepstakes' enthusiasts can take comfort in the fact that McCain and his staff have dropped hints about some of the criteria they will use. These include...
...think that any study would reveal that taxing endowments over a certain amount is probably not good public policy and would be counterproductive because it would handicap some of the institutions that contribute positively to the economy,” Casey said...
...improve greatly if the renovation project aims to better utilize space through minimizing the number of walkthroughs, providing a more diverse assortment of suites from which to choose. Such changes to the layout will not only increase student privacy, but will also be beneficial in terms of improving handicap accessibility—something that the current River houses, which lack elevators, struggle to accommodate. In addition, it seems that the idiosyncratic Harvardian quirk of vertical entryways remains, despite the fact that it has outlived its usefulness in fostering social unity. While vertical entryways may be a characteristic feature of Harvard?...
...drug users only intensifies the problems of drug use. Addicts who have served time in prison not only still face the nightmare of trying to quit but also have a criminal record that multiplies their difficulties if they try to become productive members of society. We add the terrible handicap of a prison record to those who often begin with the disadvantage of lack of education and come from an environment of poverty. If this country would decriminalize drugs and regulate and tax their sale, not only would we eliminate the drug lords' great wealth and the violence they perpetrate...