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When it mattered most, Blanco appeared "dazed and confused," says Bernie Pinsonat, a bipartisan political consultant in Baton Rouge, La. When NBC's Matt Lauer asked her whether it was hard to find words to reassure the public, she tried to muster optimism, then circled back to despair. "You know, our people out here are so fearful. They're so worried ... It's a nightmare...
...Swedish. I’ve got him now, I think. Any dummy knows no proper nouns, like the first name of his Wildcats coach Lute Olsen, who incidentally just hired Simon as an assistant coach, are allowed in Scrabble. As tactfully as I can muster, I remind him of this stipulation, but with patience he informs me that a lute is also a string instrument or a clay-like substance. The education continues. Still, it only counts for six points, and I continue with a masterful bit of psychology, playing “bell” onto...
...views the role of the courts. There is a school of thought that "presumes that the branches are separate and presumes that Congress or the state legislature [have] done their work and knows what they're doing and why they're doing things, and unless it fails for Constitutional muster that their fact gathering and research has been sufficient," he says. "That's what we consider 'judicial restraint.' Judge Alito believes in judicial restraint...
...played very well,” Burmeister said. “Our offense wasn’t really getting the shots we needed to get.”Though the Crimson was able to hold Brown to just five goals, it couldn’t muster the same level of offensive output it had against Fordham and Iona.“Brown was tough on the perimeter,” Burmeister said. “We were kind of stagnant.” Harvard’s three goals were tallied by senior Greg Valiant, junior John Voith, and Ludwick...
...even with a strong pick for the Court this week, Bush is likely to have trouble regaining the enthusiasm he had from conservatives before Miers. As David Keane, head of the American Conservative Union wrote earlier this month, "from now on, this administration will find it difficult to muster support on the right without explaining why it should be forthcoming...