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McCain, John •announcement of intent to Swiftboat Obama is for some bizarre reason made by campaign of •Blitzer discerns "some disdain" for Obama by •claims to possess the necessary knowledge to solve all of the nation's major problems •erratic aviation record of •fellow citizens of are addressed as "fellow prisoners" of by •frightening noise is emitted by •Obama's "touchiness" and proclivity for "angry insults" are cited without any sense of irony by •Obama is contemptuously referred to as "that one" by •Obama's support for overhead planetarium projector...
...Lowdown: Watts is intent on exploring the deeper meaning of Hefner's popularity and securing the publisher's place in America's cultural history. But he takes this admirable impulse too far. Nearly every chapter sub-section ends with a sweeping pronouncement: "Hefner and Playboy's social and political orientation in the early 1960s reflected a Kennedyesque sensibility," he writes in a typical summation. The effect can be grating-a magazine which calls the naked librarian gracing its pages "as dewy as a decimal system" cannot then be said to embody the Cold War ideological gulf demonstrated by Nixon...
...coach. As a true freshman, Clarke played in eight games as a kickoff and punt return specialist. During his sophomore year, Clarke completely disappeared from the football scene, serving a one-year undisclosed suspension. This year, however, Clarke’s services will be called upon, and Clarke remains intent on providing them. “Like Levi, Mike just has so much pure speed and athleticism. I’m definitely excited to see what he can do,” Pizzotti said. Now that he’s back, Clarke will look to lift some pressure...
...There's a reason for the officers' light touch. For years, British policing has been restrained by the 1981 abolition of the "Sus Law" that had allowed police to stop and search citizens simply on suspicion of criminal intent. "Sus" sparked riots in several British cities, amid charges that it sanctioned racist harassment of young black men. But a surge of youth violence - violent offenses by perpetrators aged under 18 rose 37% in three years to 2006 - has prompted the government to once again beef up the discretionary powers of cops on the street. "Dispersal orders," for example, allow officers...
...than two terms (he was elected to four). Like Bloomberg, Roosevelt-who helped America weather the Great Depression and accepted his nomination to a third term while war raged in Europe- was viewed as a leader capable of navigating turbulent times. It wasn't an experiment many Republicans were intent on repeating, though, and in 1951, the 22nd Amendment codified the presidency as a two-term gig. A 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case, U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, held that states cannot set term limits for their Congressional representatives...