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...Winston Churchill--led their nations to military triumphs only to be tossed out of office by restless voters who wanted attention paid to the home front. At the moment, the President is on top of the world, a foreign policy neophyte who has two wars under his belt, a loser of the popular vote whose performance as President now wins the approval of more than 7 of 10 Americans. But voters are turning their attention away from Iraq just as Bush begins his quest for the validation that escaped him in 2000: a real majority and a mandate from...
...million on a primary doesn't make sense. Politics is also a consideration. The three states that have canceled their primaries have Republican-controlled legislatures. With Bush assured the G.O.P. nomination, they see no reason to spend millions on a primary that will give more exposure to Democrats. The loser in all this is the voter. In states that ax primaries, the parties will return to older methods of choosing a candidate--caucuses or conventions--for next year's campaign. "Most voters are not going to take a day off and go to a party caucus," says University of Virginia...
...camouflaged, garbage-strewn encampments of illegal Mexican farmworkers. He introduces us to Reuben Sturman, a humble Cleveland comic-book salesman who became the founding father of America's $10 billion porn industry and who deserves a whole book of his own. We meet Mark Young, a good-natured loser who got a life sentence--without parole--for his peripheral role in one marijuana deal. Schlosser has a gift for spotting colossal numbers that hide in plain sight: America's domestic marijuana harvest, he tells us, is worth upwards of $20 billion a year, making it the country's largest cash...
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, the musical by Clark Gesner based on Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” comic, brought loveable loser Charlie Brown and his gang off the funny pages and onto the stage last weekend. The Mather House musical, ably directed by Katherine F. O’Gara ’05, cashes in on the cuteness factor of the characters, each of whom colorfully searches for meaning in life in a way only little kids...
Weak hitting and poor defense ruined solid outings from senior Kenon Ronz and sophomore Mike Morgalis. Ronz was particularly effective in the second game, striking out nine and allowing one earned run in 8.2 innings, but wound up a hard-luck loser...