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...back of the room, a group of 50 activists burned an effigy of the President, set off firecrackers and interrupted his speech with chants of "Death to the dictator!" Ahmadinejad grinned tightly and struggled to finish, but few people would remember what he said. At the height of his power, in a time and place of his choosing, Iran's President had been upstaged...
...defense, the show does have a few bright spots. A few jokes are genuinely funny, like the idea that arguments over the height of James Brown are the third-leading cause of death in Alabama or that Katie Couric (whose evening news ratings have fallen) signs off with, “Why, God? Why?” The two anchors have honed their deadpan timing to be comparable to the Daily Show’s or Weekend Update’s anchors. The guest experts successfully create characters deep enough to be plausible but nutty enough to be funny...
...face had been badly damaged. Hembree also interviewed Bill Taylor, an employee at the crematorium where the bodies were cremated. He said he had seen the entire body of the female victim and described her as a young woman of Asian descent, in her 30s and about the same height as the male victim. Gerber's wife is from the Philippines but is 58 years old and about a half-foot shorter than Gerber. Taylor also noted that the man's skin was very dark and that he had dark hair on his chest and head. Gerber is gray-haired...
Tied with captain Laurence Favrot for a team-high 110 kills, Weissbourd averages 2.97 kills per game, making him a notable presence on the court for his offensive prowess as well as his 6’11” height. Weissbourd also leads the Crimson in blocks, racking up a season total of eight and averaging 1.24 blocks per game, which puts him at fourth in the EIVA...
...Cheney was once most dominant and in which he invited the most trouble in the Libby case, his hand has been weakened. For example, in public testimony before Congress lately, intelligence officials have emphasized more ambiguities and uncertainties in their conclusions about threats overseas than was commonplace at the height of Cheney's power. Democratic Senators report that a refreshing new degree of candor has returned in classified sessions as well. "Cheney's influence on intelligence has declined markedly," said Democratic Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee...