Word: lazaruses
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...little weary of hearing about Senator Hillary Clinton's so-called victory in the New Hampshire primary. Clinton and Barack Obama each garnered nine delegates from New Hampshire. That's called a tie. Did the Clinton campaign buy off every media outlet to proclaim Clinton's Lazarus-like resurrection, her stunning victory, her overwhelming come-from-behind triumph? H. David Goldsmith, Chatham, Canada...
...underdog victory here over George W. Bush in 2000. For one thing, his victory here was much more unlikely than his victory back then. To come from behind is one thing. But to be the presumed front-runner, then fall to obscurity, then come from behind...that is Lazarus...
...Congress takes another pass at immigration, its supporters hail it as an all-American phenomenon. President George W. Bush calls it therapeutic: "Immigration helps renew our soul. It helps redefine our spirit in a positive way." From Emma Lazarus' poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty, welcoming "huddled masses," to yesterday's naturalization ceremonies, immigration is as American as apple pie. But so, historically, is opposition to immigration. And while that opposition has often been infused with bigotry, it has also reflected reasonable concerns...
...perestroika and glasnost, the brilliant if testy infighter whose policies not only failed to put bread on the table but spurred most of the country's 15 republics to loosen if not actually break the ties that bind them to Moscow. On the other side is Boris Yeltsin, the Lazarus of Soviet politics, the blunt-spoken and somewhat erratic brawler of the streets who seems intent on leading a revolution against the Kremlin...
...This imaginatively titled tour-de-force pairs a reverent black bluesman—clumsy contradiction or clever irony, you decide—with a white nymphomaniac. Naturally, the bluesman (played by Samuel L. Jackson and named Lazarus, which is almost too much for me to handle) tries to cure her. It was only a matter of time until someone made this movie...