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...notes, she has run afoul of the Republican Party's conservative wing, which is very active in primary politics. A few years ago she was booed at an appearance at the state convention over her perceived softness on abortion issues. Now, Jillson says, this election "will write the last paragraph in her Wikipedia entry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Rick Perry Turned Around the Battle for Texas | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...men’s obituaries, and it would be strange if figures such as these were commemorated for works no one has heard of. On the other hand, why do so many lines need to be devoted to their great works when they are already so well known? A paragraph would be sufficient to inform the uninitiated, instead of half a page. It might even be an greater honor for these men if our society’s memorializers were to emphasize the lesser-known aspects of their works and lives in their obituaries. Readers might be tempted to learn...

Author: By Alina Voronov | Title: The Dead Writer's Society | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...suppose we need a paragraph here about why all this simplicity is extremely dangerous. Most economists agree that if it hadn't been for the bank bailouts and the Obama stimulus package, the country would have slid into a deep recession that might have prevented a lot of Tea Partyers from buying their $549 tickets to ride. Then again, any sentence that begins with "Most economists" is a license to snore in tea party nation. And Palin will, quite often, veer from simplicity to duplicity. She was the inventor of the mythic, noxious "death panels." In Nashville, she retailed nonsense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Her Party: The Brilliance of Sarah Palin | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

...mail, Officer Justin Barrett, referred to Gates as a "jungle monkey.” The one-paragraph, page-long tirade was written in response to a column that was published in The Boston Globe in July about Gates' arrest...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Officer Fired Over Racist BlackBerry Rant | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...That paragraph was as pathetic as jungle monkey gibberish - I might as well ax you the question. 'Is this your first test at reporting...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Officer Fired Over Racist BlackBerry Rant | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

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