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...specifics of the Ney case, a U.S. government expert on criminal law made the following point: "Contributions are lawful only if made in support of a lawmaker's policies. They are clearly illegal as part of a prenegotiated deal involving a quid pro quo." For a host of nervous politicians familiar with the murky ways of Washington, that fine a distinction is probably small comfort...
...were nervous about screening it in Dubai. Did you really think Arabs were that uptight? When we turn on the TV, there are people saying that everyone there hates America. So what did I know? But they were one of the best comedy audiences I've ever had. They were grateful to see an American movie where Muslims weren't the bad guys. I don't know why this country doesn't do more on a human-to-human basis around the world. We can still bomb them if that's what we choose, but it wouldn't hurt...
...Here goes,” Lawrence H. Summers muttered as he stood in the hallway of the National Bureau of Economic Research on Jan. 14, 2005.Pacing from wall to wall, the soon-to-be-embattled Harvard president dragged his right forefinger in circles around his mouth, a nervous tic he had developed long ago. It was Summers’ unique mix of contemplation and impatience, what “The Thinker” might do to pass the time. In his hand, he gripped a single page of handwritten notes, the outline of a speech ostensibly titled...
...It’s captain’s orders,” she said curtly, gesturing to the cockpit. She exchanged nervous glances with her wide-eyed colleague, who had strapped herself to her seat...
...card several times a day in order to swipe it through machines that serve various purposes all over campus. I do this not once but twice, for example, during the jaunt from courtyard to bedroom. After five semesters of such swipery, my wallet is on the verge of a nervous collapse; it just wasn’t meant for this kind of extreme use. I estimate that I remove my ID card from my wallet more than twenty times a day. Yet this mass murder of wallets is totally avoidable on campus. Many other schools use ID cards with proximity...