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...always that one kid who jumps in against the doors and steps on everyone’s feet. It’s crazy. People are pushing and spilling their coffee and girls are crying.” For some students, the shuttle bus is a place to vent their pent-up frustration. Flood recalls, “One time there was some girl who just missed the shuttle, and the driver shut the doors on her. She was so mad that she literally ran after the shuttle the whole way in, screaming and banging on the windows and doors every...
...difficult to quantify but very real: he simply seems more comfortable, and confident, than McCain. Part of this is, sadly, attributable to the physical awkwardness imposed by McCain's war wounds and his bouts with cancer - the restricted arm movements; the scarred, clenched jaw. But there is also a pent-up anger to McCain. He seems to be concentrating so hard on trying to stay calm that he doesn't have much energy left over to answer questions in a free and creative way. He is not the sort of person, in the end, that you want to invite into...
...more recently, “Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe,” by Huffington Post editor Arianna Huffington.It’s a form of political intellectual masturbation, a primal scream meant to release the pent-up frustrations of the supposedly civilized Beltway society. Like all fetishes, it has its origins in some formative event: the rise and fall of Clintonian politics.In 1992, a newly aggressive stance in Democratic campaigning made the party’s future seem rosy. Bill Clinton’s electoral victory...
...power. They are happy with divided government, so long as that government can deliver results. The convention's hammering on Obama should be targeted at these voters and portray Obama as an unapologetic liberal who will team up with congressional Democrats to put Washington on a runaway train of pent-up left-wing legislative appetites. That will surely cause moderate ticket splitters to think twice about a President Obama. But the vital issue is how McCain sells himself. He must show these fickle voters that a McCain Administration will be something they can live with: independent, effective and not stridently...
Freitag thinks there's a pent-up demand for these hotels. When Starwood introduced the Westin Heavenly Bed, he says, "everyone thought it was, if not crazy, then highly unorthodox. Now name any brand, unless you're low-end economy; they all have deluxe beds." Starwood countered with the Heavenly Bath, and the industry followed. This time, says Freitag, "other brands aren't about to let Starwood get out in front...