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...tone? I'd love to subscribe to a service that gives me any TV show or movie I want, for a flat fee. But most of the services that tackle this problem want me to either "rent" downloadable video - typically for a day or two - or buy the bits outright. Products here range from Apple Computer's nifty Apple TV set-top box, which also connects to YouTube, and stores all your digital media in one handy place, to Vudu, whose sleek device connects your TV to a library of 6,000 films and TV shows. Both products are promising...
...affirmative action, Clinton took the air out of a deeply polarizing issue by "triangulating" it-- tweaking preference policies rather than abolishing them or defending them outright. But perhaps Clinton's most important contribution to Obama had little to do with race. The Clinton presidency restored the Democratic Party's reputation for economic management, which Jimmy Carter had nearly destroyed. By almost 20 points, according to the Pew Research Center, Americans today trust Democrats over Republicans to guide the economy--a huge boon to Obama in what looks like a recession election. Obama owes much of that advantage to George...
...start of the 1990s, the number of death sentences handed out and actual executions have declined, as have the number of death-eligible crimes being charged. Death row populations themselves have also dwindled, through commutation and attrition as much as through actual execution. New Jersey abolished the death penalty outright last fall, while other states have simply stopped exercising...
...vault competitions, respectively, and Eric Clayman swiping sixth in the hammer throw.Chenoweth’s second-place finish didn’t come easy, though, as the Illinois native fell after five laps. Picking himself up, Chenoweth crept up the pack—at one point taking the outright lead—to finish second behind Princeton’s All-American senior Dave Nightingale with a time of 14:31.16.“The composure [Chenoweth] showed to get up in dead last place and make his way to the front of the pack was just awesome...
...Although narrow and in places rutted, the road to Bogalay is passable. So where is the aid? The junta wants foreign supplies, but not more aid workers. The junta has delayed issuing visas to foreign aid officials. Latest reports suggest the junta will start rejecting them outright...