Word: needlessly
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...aides have mishandled some of the approaches. Former Bush operative Mary Matalin, the wife of Democratic consultant James Carville, had no sooner quit her job on CNBC and joined the Dole campaign than internal feuding over her role spilled into the open. And so after several days of needless distraction, Reed asked her to step down. Last week a longtime G.O.P. operative put out a feeler to author Peggy Noonan, who wrote Bush's climactic convention speech, to see if she would assist on some convention-related "planning." But the move was so gentle that Noonan didn't take...
...charged her with aggravated child abuse and fraud. According to authorities, Bush, 38, deliberately caused her daughter's ailments by dosing her with unprescribed drugs, tampering with her medications and even contaminating her feeding tube with fecal bacteria. As a result, say officials, Jennifer was subjected to dozens of needless operations and invasive procedures. Bush has denied all charges...
...times in the past, the spoiled child did that again, and we should not have been surprised. Up to 180 North Korean soldiers entered the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a 2.5-mile stretch separating the two countries, where they set up mortars and aimed machine guns at its southern rival. Needless to say, the actions defy the 43-year-old truce forged after the 1950-53 Korean War, which permits no more than 35 soldiers per side to enter this Joint Security Area at any one time...
Calling attention to the scurrilous elements of the Southern tradition is not merely regional prejudice or a needless rehashing of evils better forgotten. Those who acknowledge that the rebel flag is a detestable symbol but take umbrage when its legacy is discussed seem to prefer to wallow in escapism and denial. And those who still revere this flag have even less grounds to complain when I graphically recount the barbarism associated with it. If the South, and Georgia in particular, wishes to cling to the Confederate flag, then its heritage of shame cannot be glossed over...
...Needless to say, the best time to turn such a streak around is in the opening game of the ECAC playoffs, and last night the sixth-seeded Crimson (11-18-1) did just that in a 5-2 victory over third-seeded St. Lawrence (19-11-3) at a stunned Appleton Arena...