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This raises the larger, more distressing political question. The Bush Administration has seemed to hurtle thoughtlessly toward this moment of truth, in a lather of righteous arrogance and dim-witted machismo. From the start of his Administration, the President has made clear his skepticism about diplomatic niceties. "We've scared the bejeezus out of the world," says Kenneth Pollack, a former CIA and National Security Council Middle East expert, whose book The Threatening Storm: The Case for War Against Iraq is often cited by the Administration's hawks. "We've left the impression that Iraq is, as Richard Perle...
...have been intrigued by two things. First, the team that did the finding is being very careful not to use what The Washington Post reporter cutely called "the A word." So the finders aren't fanatics, it seems, even if they've got the rest of us in a lather. And second: The esteemed and very serious minded American explorer and scientist Sylvia Earl has said that she has perused the evidence and finds it intriguing. In fact, she says, she hopes to go to Cuba next year, make one of her deep dives, and see what...
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...part, of course, such a statement would have put our business leaders in a lather, and nothing ruffles the feathers of our Washington crowd, Republicans and Democrats alike, more than the thought of disturbing the folks whose dollars line their pockets...
...Bobby Knight works himself into a hell of a competitive lather. But then, so did General George Patton, another field commander with a winning record who came close to destroying his own career by slapping shell-shocked soldiers in Army hospitals. Bobby admits he has "a temper problem" - which is like Jeffrey Dahmer saying that he suffers from an eating disorder...