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This is not a partisan argument. The endorsements are so beneficial because they are among the most well researched, clearly grounded opinions available in print. News shows such as “Crossfire” pretend to give information, but instead spiral into a screamfest with no logical layout of the issues. It’s not hard to find profiles of the candidate’s platforms. The Washington Post, for example, has run a series of editorials called “The Choice” comparing Bush’s and Kerry’s views on various...
...Donnas are not a joke band, though they started out as one. After debuting in 1993 at their eighth-grade talent show and briefly hooking up with a producer-Svengali, each member assumed the pretend first name Donna (flipping the Ramones' gimmick of assuming the same last name) and played superfast punk riffs stolen from the Dead Boys and Voidoids. On Gold Medal they're going by their real names, and they have expanded their thievery to include licks from Loverboy, Kiss and other high priests of shallow catchiness. The music is nothing you haven't heard before. Songs like...
Harvard has never struck me as a place where people follow the crowd or embrace something simply because it is socially expected. If it doesn’t interest them, they don’t pretend it does. That’s how I always rationalized the apathetic attitude of Harvard students to their own athletics teams, especially the good ones, the ones that play enveloped in history, tradition and ivy-covered stadiums...
...Next time this happens, just act real crazy,” he said. “Pretend like you can’t understand what they’re saying, or just shout really loudly. They won’t expect that. Or maybe just act like you don’t speak English. Que? Que? No comprendo ingles...
...POLITICIANS WANT TO PRETEND THAT the problem of illegal immigration doesn't exist. They are scared to death of being called racist. But controlling illegal immigration has nothing to do with racism. It is a matter of responsibility, economics, fairness and the rule...