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...care. “I’m not running for president to put band-aids on our problems—I’m running to solve them,” she said. “Why on earth would a candidate to be the democratic nominee basically parrot the talking points of the Republicans and the health insurance industry and say we don’t have to have universal health care?” Clinton further criticized the Obama campaign for “misleading people about what I do.” “Obama...
...world, the state of the U.S.? Are not American primary campaigns dominated by the need to raise money from those who want favors and will later extract them? Do candidates not pander to their base support? Do they not flip-flop shamelessly on the issues? Do they not parrot clichés - the need for American "leadership" in the world is a favorite one - with little attempt to educate their audiences in the complexities of the age? Is the exercise not a great license for an army of pundits to bloviate, often inaccurately, in the papers...
...sessions at which delegates discussed the Party's future plans. Two next-generation leaders who are widely touted to be elevated into the upper ranks of the party this week, Shanghai Party boss Xi Jinping and Liaoning Province head Li Keqiang, appeared at the public sessions to parrot the Party line, although both men slipped away to avoid questions on their possible elevation. Similarly, the press conferences produced more statistics than sparkle, with one senior party official reverting to type by reading out both his opening statement and his answers to reporters' questions from prepared texts...
THOSE FAMILIAR WITH the cognitive skills of African gray parrot Alex will never again use birdbrain as an insult. With help from researcher Irene Pepperberg, Alex learned to communicate, fueling debate over other species' ability to learn human language. He knew 100 words and could count, express frustration and differentiate among some colors, shapes and textures. His last words to Pepperberg: "You be good. See you tomorrow. I love...
...library named Will, which he didn't pick up on. He left the law school, and [later] we met in the hall, and I said, 'Let's do lunch sometime.' So he called me up and invited me to lunch. The next day, he brought a feather from his parrot, and placed it on my computer. I asked my friend that night, 'Kenny, do you think a guy who plucks a feather from his bird and places it on your computer likes you?' He said, 'I don't know, Elyn, but he likes you better than he loves his bird...