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With Clinton popular and the country in good shape, the GOP has been accused of putting politics over policy - trying to derail an effective president, even if that means threatening the nation's unprecedented prosperity. This criticism could persist if Al Gore or Hillary Clinton win their respective races but still have to answer questions for their ex-boss/husband...
...ultimate fate, though, remains in doubt, in part because the jury is still out on whether the expansion or gravity will triumph in the end. Most observations point toward the former, but many uncertainties persist. One is the galling "dark matter" issue. Studies of how galaxies are moving around indicate that there's lots of extra gravity out there, suggesting that the stars and nebulae we can see constitute only 1% to 10% of the matter in the universe. The rest is invisible; it emits no light. Nobody yet knows what this dark matter is. One possibility is that...
...years from now, and probably sooner, few will remember the lesson of Johnson's brief tale, but our sense of its cultural moment will persist. A time of exhilaration and confusion, when scurrying professionals with Palm Pilots checked their portfolios from speeding cabs. When 24-year-old bosses in baggy khakis told 50-year-olds in pressed suits to take a hike. The cheese will be somewhere else in 10 years, but its faintly moldy odor will linger...
...come on, why not?" I persist...
...meaningful dialogue about abortion cannot take place if abortion advocates persist in misrepresenting the facts...