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...mess it up, you can, in fact, influence who wins the election,” Lehrer said. “As long as people aren’t talking about me when [the debate] is over with, it’s a good thing...
...this spring, Committee on General Education meetings were one of the primary sites where the administration’s conflict played out, according to one committee member, who adds that the committee could not do its best intellectual work in such an environment. “It was a mess,” the committee member says. “That almost surely had an impact on our ability to deal with the issues at hand. Most people on the committee considered resigning, it was so unpleasant.” And History department chair Andrew D. Gordon...
...life after Howard and a carefully managed introduction to his natural successor. So far-ignoring Labor's hysterics in Parliament-it seems that little would change if Howard called it quits. Why? Because Costello has modeled himself on his boss, and because the government's strategists are unlikely to mess with a winning formula...
...sleep in their uniforms or stripped down to T shirts; there are separate showers and latrines for men and women. For the first two weeks at Laura's Camp Victory there were no dining facilities, and the food was all trucked in. But one night last week the new mess hall opened with a celebratory dinner of suspicious-looking lobster tail and baked potatoes. "It's cold," Laura says, "but it's lobster and a lot better than what we have been eating"--and far better than what lies ahead...
Addressing a gathering of judges recently, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej aptly summed up his country's political deadlock: "It's a mess." After a Thai court annulled the disputed April 2 election two weeks ago, Thailand's Election Commission called for new polls in October. But infighting between the courts and election commissioners could push back the vote further, and the next government will likely amend the constitution to ensure such a crisis never happens again?prompting yet another election. In the end, it could be a year or longer before Thailand gets back to business as usual...