Word: patting
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...courtroom," defense lawyer Pat Kelley said...
...ever charged with securities fraud, and you may well ask, Isn't it one thing for a set of twentysomethings at work or in college to master the ole pump and dump, Net style, but quite another for a bona fide minor to get it down pat? Do we have a serious problem here...
...Pat Buchanan returned to the campaign trail last week after...
Politically, also, there are weird similarities. Pat evolved during our Crossfire years from a free trader to a protectionist and from a Reaganite internationalist to an America First isolationist. Styling himself the tribune of the workingman has led him down other paths that even he probably finds surprising. If it were anyone else, you'd say his views have become more complex and subtle, even tentative. But Pat manages to retain the certitude of simplicity even as his opinions evolve...
...what about "character"? Which is American democracy's way of saying, "Please give us some dirt about their private lives." The answer is "Good luck finding any." Meaning not just any dirt but any private lives. One more thing Ralph and Pat have in common is that both are consummate public men, dedicated to causes. Their inner (or even private social) lives, if they exist, are buried deep. In all the years of professional proximity, I've had exactly one purely social meal with each of them. (Not together, needless to say.) That's too bad, because despite Ralph...