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...statue of George W. Bush kissing Lieberman on the cheek-the Senator's famed Britney-Madonna moment, which transpired after Bush finished his 2005 State of the Union address-sat on the back of a nearby pickup truck, thoughtfully provided by a group called Connecticut Bloggers. There was no mention from Lieberman of the elephant in the truck, no explanation of his alliance with the President over the war in Iraq. Just an oblique plea that this should not be a one-issue campaign...
...article did not mention what the loss of a sibling can do to those who are left behind. When my elder sister died suddenly, the effect was devastating. Losing your only sibling is much like losing half of yourself. If you lose your parents, you are an orphan; if you lose your spouse, you are a widow; but there is no term to describe a sibling who becomes an only child because of a cruel twist of fate...
...course, often aren't honored; the most recent instance of that, in my mind, came late last week, when President Bush insisted upon Israel's right to defend itself, and by doing so put the lives of the 25,000 to 30,000 American citizens in Lebanon, not to mention the millions of native Lebanese, at great risk...
...whole package of exciting side effects, like anemia, bone loss, and decreased testosterone levels, according to the Mayo Clinic. A complete lack of body fat—combined with clothes designed to make hips look smaller—makes the ladies look either prepubescent or infertile, not to mention just as starved and malnourished as their male compatriots. The current European standards of beauty would be a turn-off to even the loneliest of cavemen.Yet Europeans are much healthier than Americans. A continent of people whose diets are free of hydrogenated oils and whose primary means of locomotion is walking...
...pretension. But just pages before declaring that the purpose of attending an elite university is to escape personal interaction, Slavitt points to State Sen. Jarrett T. Barrios ’91 as someone who has mastered the niceties of campaigning. (He does, to his "credit," fail to mention that many other Harvard alumni have found success as politicians in Cambridge; Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 and City Councilor Brian P. Murphy ’86 are just two examples...