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...It’s a cabaret show,” says Strauss, and it doesn’t leave anyone out: the perennial acts atop the Hill—Dubya, Dick, Donald and Condoleeza—are joined by old favorites Bill and Hillary, the hapless Democrats running for president, and Arnold. Onstage, the politicians—plus Rush Limbaugh—carry on their usual antics in songs and skits, like the Mary Poppins classic “Super-California-Recall-Freak-Show-Was-Atrocious,” “The Lieber...
...most mortifying moment in cinema history came not from a gratuitously violent slasher flick, but rather in the opening frames of the seemingly innocuous romantic comedy Bridget Jones’ Diary. I refer, of course, to the infamous Holiday Sweater incident, when the hapless thirty-something Bridget locks eyes with the dashing Darcy across a crowded Christmas party. She is aghast to discover, however, that the tall, dark and ever-so handsome Darcy has fallen prey to the curse of the festive season-inspired knitwear, sporting a reindeer design sweater that is enough to have Bridget swear off his charms...
Shut out of the room, a hapless Daschle tried to play an outside game--rallying seniors against the measure. But Frist outfoxed him. He began huddling privately with top AARP officials last December and held some 15 meetings with them over the next 11 months. Frist was dogged, tracking down AARP executive William Novelli at home or on the road to trade ideas by cell phone on reforming Medicare. "I don't think they were used to that," Frist told TIME, noting that Republicans had traditionally seen the group as being too close to Democrats. "But I made it clear...
...program could encourage prefects and members of Crimson Key to make gentle suggestions to party-goers and party hosts when fetes they attend grow out of control. Both groups have their notoriously irresponsible members, of course, but the responsible majority could certainly help restore order: they could implore hapless hosts to mind the alcohol, man the door to control crowds and deny drinks to revelers who no longer recognize what or how much they are drinking. These trend-setters could also urge the friends of far-gone guests to walk their wounded home—or, in the worst cases...
...Shut out of the room, a hapless Daschle tried to play an outside game-rallying seniors against the measure. But Frist outfoxed him. He began huddling privately with top AARP officials last December and held some 15 meetings with them over the next 11 months. Frist was dogged, tracking down aarp executive William Novelli at home or on the road to trade ideas by cell phone on reforming Medicare. "I don't think they were used to that," Frist told Time, noting that Republicans had traditionally seen the group as being too close to Democrats. "But I made it clear...