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...find more creative ways than a globally condemned embargo to engage the island. If Raúl Castro and the aging generals around him are as serious as they say about working to end the embargo and revive Cuba's moribund economy, they'll loosen the island's political leash. (See pictures of music in Cuba...
...promise to change the way Washington works, impressed some longtime partisans. "It's brilliant," says a senior Republican Party official. "My hat is totally off to the guy." Viewed more cynically, bringing Clinton into the tent could co-opt a potential adversary in 2012 and put a leash on her globetrotting husband, who has a propensity for foreign policy freelancing. Which raises a question: Would this move, if it happens, be just the first manifestation of that new kind of politics that Obama was promising in his presidential campaign? Or proof that he understands the oldest kind all too well...
...admits to Bond with wry satisfaction that she slept with the film’s villain, Dominic Greene (a wonderful Mathieu Amalric), to get closer to the Bolivian general who killed her family. Lest the two spies seem like a dour pair, Haggis and Forster let them off the leash every now and then. Despite Vesper’s painfully felt absence, Bond still lets himself seduce fellow agent Strawberry Fields (no joke), while a tipsy Camille takes pleasure in haranguing Greene in front of several wealthy donors at a party. You could almost imagine the two dating. Forster?...
...break” for the moment, I can’t help but yearn for what feels like my long-lost love. Just as our relationship was starting to get serious (he would even come back to me when I let him off his leash!), I had to set him free. But trust me, Billy’s more than just a summer fling. In the meantime, before we’re reunited, maybe I’ll just get a fish. Hey, everyone’s entitled to a rebound...
...smart strategy for building a solid majority: there are now 47 Blue Dogs in her caucus--about 20% of House Democrats. But Pelosi will have to decide whether to try to use her leash. At some point, those Blue Dogs are going to bark...