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...film “The Hottie and the Nottie.” It is, in short, not real, and it needs to stop immediately. Though his suits are the best of anyone’s, orange is a color that goes with nothing, except for orange, a lesson that all of us have learned through Halloween.Reccomendation: Buy orange suits or stop the madness.Barack ObamaThere is a scene in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” where Jimmy Stewart storms the Senate and yells about some injustice while wearing the loosest suit imaginable. I wonder if that...
...still sounds like an outsider when he woos the party's base - "your nomination" was a telling choice of words - but that's probably not as important as the fact of his wooing. The remarkable turnout of the Republican base in 2004 carried President Bush to re-election, a lesson that clearly resonates with the Republican candidates of 2008. Bush's approval ratings are now awful, but none of the candidates have tried too hard to distance themselves from him, except to portray themselves as hard-liners on immigration and spending. That could cause real problems in the general election...
...capacity to strike fear into its neighbors, deterrence. The Winograd Commission spelled it out in bleak terms in its report on Israel's failures during the 34-day war. "Israel cannot survive," the official statement said, unless it is able to deter its enemies - teach Hamas and Hizballah a lesson they won't forget...
...Harvard—William and Mary taught the squad how to come back from any early deficity, Purde how to put away a match emphatically.“We’re definitely inspired this year,” junior co-captain Chris Clayton said.HARVARD 6, PURDUE 1Learning its lesson from having to dig out of an early ditch on Friday, Harvard opened its match against the Boilermakers determined not to let it come down to the final set.That almost didn’t happen, though, as the crucial doubles point hung in balance after the No. 2 pair...
...Schengen Agreement, which allows for the free movement of people. If Serbia and Kosovo enter into the agreement, Serbs could still journey to their holy sites in Kosovo, and Kosovars could still visit relatives in Serbia—moving more freely even than they can today.The most important lesson that the Balkans can learn from the EU, however, is selflessness. The EU is not just an international organization. It is a supranational organization, which requires members to sacrifice some sovereignty for a share in a bigger pie. That attitude—of deferring to a cause greater than one?...