Word: lanes
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...crew’s first obstacle on the course is the Boston University (BU) Bridge, whose pilings allow for two lanes through which a boat can pass. However, the right-hand lane is considered out of bounds by race officials...
...American politics. Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson (Flamingo; 480 pages) Thompson's gonzo take on Nixon's second campaign set the style for a generation of young reporters. The Right Nation: Why America is Different, by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge (Allen Lane; 450 pages) A deeply reported, dispassionate guide to the U.S.'s distinctively conservative politics. By examining such issues as guns, abortion and religion, it shows why any liberal running for national office has an uphill battle...
...Like The West Wing, Housewives is well made but stacks the dramatic deck shamelessly. Its characters - as thin as mica flakes, especially the men - are very affluent, and it's set on Wisteria Lane, a picket-fence never-never land. We don't see women juggling home and career; there aren't any nannies or day care in sight. All this allows the show to be "brave" by indicting a cliche of suburban life without really depicting how any of its viewers live...
...year of the angry female at the ballot box, but it sure is on the idiot box. And you have to wonder if the same advisers who directed Bush to smile and Kerry to target working moms might not want to throw some ads toward Wisteria Lane. In this discontented autumn, the poll margins are razor-thin. And not only the housewives are desperate...
...Maiden Lane...