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...then last week he beat a perfect Bond villain: the monstrously huge, opera-loving, poetry-writing, polylingual politician and F.O.P. (friend of Putin). Still, without the politico-global resonance, the Miracle on the Mat will never get the attention of the U.S. hockey squad's 1980 victory over the U.S.S.R. "I hate to bring politics into wrestling. It's two great wrestlers from two good countries," said Gardner right after the match. "Karelin is a world-class individual. I told him, 'You're still the best. There's nobody close to as good as you are.'" It almost makes...
...think of PIERRE TRUDEAU as the first postmodern politician. He loved to repudiate conventional partisan ideologies, and if, in the end, that served his partisan goals, well, there would be just a little Gallic upturn at the corners of his mouth. He had a near perfect understanding of the possible uses of celebrity. If a photographer was close, he'd manage a jackknife off the low board, a rose in his buttonhole or a pretty woman on his arm. He knifed through dowdy Canadian politics like the classy skier he was--moving gracefully, radiating freedom, yet somehow making...
...says he came here because he was told the land did not belong to anyone. In fact, it belongs to a nonprofit organization that has not been able to produce clear title to the land; ibama officials guess that the settlers were tipped to this opportunity by a local politician...
...Viana does not so much come out against roads?suicide for any politician?as offer alternative ways to meet the aspirations of Acre?s citizens. He argues that Acre?s many navigable waterways offer a commercial connection to markets without the risk of deforestation. To deal with emergencies, the state is expanding a system of airports in remote villages. Viana is promoting a ?forest economy? that profits from the wilderness without destroying it. In one town, for instance, a condom factory is being built that will provide a market for latex collected by local rubber tappers. By capturing more...
...though he might not have entirely succeeded in convincing voters to elect him and not career politician Gore as president, Bush held his own during much of the debate, sounding well-versed on oil supply and education issues and energetically pushing his tax cut proposal...