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...What’s the story morning glory? I feel so low and worthless,” and though I’m not sure how Glasvegas’ debut compares with Oasis’s best, I hope that despite oncoming success, the band will hold onto some of their angst and continue making great music. Cousins can’t have sibling rivalries, right? —Reviewer Andrew F. Nunnelly can be reached at nunnelly@fas.harvard.edu...
...asked if Bill was going to be invited to our wedding, we said we had to cull the list down to 200. So the press went on to assume Bill was not going to be invited. But we wanted to be as inclusive as possible, so we shoehorned him onto our list and he was sent an invitation. But we got no response to the RSVP. So we offered his two seats to someone else. Weeks after, there he was ranting and raving that he wasn't invited to our wedding. I was just aghast. Has he gone bonkers...
...spent the last several weeks and months clinging onto my belief in the old John McCain, still hoping he could pull through as the change we needed. Yet as I cast my absentee ballot for the McCain-Palin ticket last week, I understood why undecided voters would find the Obama-Biden train more appealing. Somewhere along the campaign trail, John McCain lost his ability to inspire voters. I’m sad he’s lost, but I’m sadder that he played such a deliberate role in the reason for his defeat...
...back to the polls. That's going to be the real first test for Obama, to see whether he can mobilize voters when he is not on the ballot. After all, he will have to do the same thing in 2010 to be sure he can hold onto and expand Democratic seats in the House and Senate. We know there's an Obama effect when he's on the ballot, but when he's not, is it transferable...
...France, where a certain cultural disdain for the uncouth yanquis hardened into political hostility during the Iraq war, confirmation of the Republican rout instantly brought revelers onto the streets to honk horns and shout out their contentment. "This is an important victory for all of us. Mostly, of course for America, but also for everyone else in the world who's tired of a U.S. in the likeness of George Bush," said a gleeful 25-year-old named Clémence who was returning to her Parisian apartment after a night of watching the results with friends. "Tell your readers...