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...Jim Jarmusch begins his film The Limits of Control, the tale of a hitman who doesn't seem to hit, with a quote from the first two lines of Arthur Rimbaud's poem "The Drunken Boat." Some may see this as an alert to pretensions ahead, although my own interpretation was that it serves as a sort of helpful mini-review...
...which are guaranteed. Not too shabby.The team with the most Ivy Leaguers is undoubtedly the New York Giants. Their 2007 roster that upset the undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl XLII included Cornell’s Kevin Boothe, Brown’s Zak DeOssie, and Penn’s Jim Finn. DeOssie was responsible for tackling New England’s Laurence Maroney at the Patriot 26 on the final kickoff of the game. With just 29 seconds remaining, 74 yards is a long way to go.Both Boothe and DeOssie are still on the roster, while Finn is navigating the free...
...Jim Frederick, a former editor atTIME, is writing a book about Green's unit, titled Black Hearts: One Platoon's Disintegration in the Triangle of Death and the American Ordeal in Iraq, which is to be published in spring 2010 by Harmony Books...
...Republican side, Specter's departure could leave an opening for a less conservative candidate to challenge Toomey in the primary. Speculation has centered on two powerful figures - former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan, who has been running for governor, and Representative Jim Gerlach, who has signaled he might be interested in leaving the House for statewide office. Meehan issued a statement on Tuesday saying he was "disappointed" in Specter's decision to leave. "I see opportunity and hope in Pennsylvania's future and want to fight within the party to bring discipline to government spending and restraint to taxation," he wrote...
...also lauded him for writing a column that acknowledges both sides and does seem to have required some thinking. It appears NYT readers don't have very high standards for conservative writers after all. How else could FlyBy have grown up watching David Brooks on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer every night? That vacillating...