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...discrete, there is no threat to the common culture. No immigrant presumes to make the demand that the state grant special status to his language. He may speak it in the street and proudly teach it to his children, but he knows that his future and certainly theirs lie inevitably in learning English as the gateway to American life...
...passed every one of my tests." Webb is an outdoorsy hunting-and-fishing environmentalist. He is pro-choice, pro-gay rights. He has expressed nuanced reservations about affirmative action and women in combat in the past and takes careful time to explain his positions now. "If he told a lie, his tongue would fall out," says his strategist, Dave (Mudcat) Saunders, who won't take any money from him. "His sense of honor is a frightening thing...
...here," Gavin fumbles, pointing to his head and chest, "and here." She giggles: "That was really lame, Dad." The scene is moving--Gavin so badly wants to make her, and himself, believe--yet hilarious. This firefighter drama, in its third season, is a black-humored study of why men lie--to themselves, each other, God, their families and women (this season, including guest star Susan Sarandon). Leary is one of the few leads who could handle the whiplashing tones, and he has made the brave and selfish Gavin empathetic without excusing him. Rescue Me makes you laugh until and becauseit...
...road. Locals dispute that, claiming the only firing after the explosion was done by the Marines. Suspecting that the four students in the taxi either triggered the bomb or were acting as spotters, the Marines ordered the men and the driver, who by then had exited the taxi, to lie on the ground. Instead, they ran, and the Marines shot and killed them...
...only become clearer with the passing years, the administrations that conducted the Vietnam War systematically lied about what our military was truly doing in Southeast Asia. Would listening to McNamara lie once more contribute to anything productive? Does anyone really believe that President Bush or any administration official ever publicly says anything worthwhile about the war in Iraq? The same goes for John McCain. As he panders more and more to the evangelical right and other demographics that he hasn’t relied on for votes in the past, his words quickly become devoid of any honesty. If Donald...