Word: mattes
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...WEST WING NBC, Sundays, 8 P.M. E.T. A move to Sunday nights has sent the Washington drama's poll, er, ratings numbers tumbling--ironically, just as it's become complex and exciting. In its high-rated days, the show was an eloquent but simplistic fantasy. The presidential race between Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits) and Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda) has given it what it always lacked: a nuanced conflict between two flawed but empathetic opponents. (The Bartlet White House story lines seem like a distraction now.) Santos and Vinick square off for a live debate on Nov. 6--just in time...
...listening, but Washington insiders and media honchos read blogs. Three days after the party, the story was on Meet the Press. Four days afterward, Lott made an official apology. After two weeks, Lott was out as Senate majority leader, and blogs had drawn their first blood. Web journalists like Matt Drudge (drudgereport.com) had already demonstrated a certain crude effectiveness--witness l'affaire Lewinsky--but this was something different: bloggers were offering reasoned, forceful arguments that carried weight with the powers that...
...indictment alleges that Libby made a "false, fictitious and fraudulent statement" when he was questioned by the FBI. It also says that he lied in his testimony to the grand jury. Specifically, he misrepresented his conversations with NBC's Tim Russert, TIME's Matt Cooper, and Judith Miller of the New York Times. He told the grand jury that Russert had asked him whether he knew Wilson's wife worked for the CIA and that he was surprised to learn this from Russert. According to the indictment, Libby did not in fact discuss this with Russert, and he already knew...
...were coming back and some of these other upperclassmen had things under control.” Preparation is hardly easy. While most teams look to their coaches to provide an offseason and preseason training regimen, the Harvard team has had to call on outside connections to get prepared. Sophomore Matt Basilico got a little help from high places to set up a plan. “The kind of structure of the workout was taken from a coach [Tom Sell], someone that coached both me and...our No. 1 skier from last year,” Basilico said...
...That changed in 2003, when a 26-year-old MIT graduate shocked Cambridge’s political establishment by nearly nabbing a seat on the City Council—almost entirely on the basis of student votes. Matt DeBergalis, a software engineer, canvassed dorms and dining halls at Harvard and MIT, spearheading a voter-registration drive and capturing the attention of a notoriously aloof constituency. When the dust settled, DeBergalis had come within 137 votes of election, finishing just behind the nine incumbent councillors. Students had played a larger role in the race than anyone would have expected...