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...fact is that these charges, which are mindlessly repeated, are pure political persiflage to block the confirmation of a powerful conservative intellect, who because of that intellect, his Central American ethnicity, his relative youth and his compelling life story may one day be an attractive candidate for the Supreme Court. I wonder if Estrada had not been an emigrant from Honduras whether the Democrats—not to mention the Congressional Hispanic Caucus by which many set such store—would even have taken notice, much less thought this nomination was worth the high political costs of a filibuster...
...senators like Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and Olympia Snowe have suggested that the crown jewel of Bush's latest tax cut - the $300 billion elimination of dividend taxes - costs too much and does too little to help stimulate the economy in the short term. As a matter of pure policy, says Grassley, he likes the idea. But "it's one of the weaker links in the president's proposal, in regard to what's politically possible." Former GOP Senator Warren Rudman, who is co-chair of the anti-deficit Concord Coalition, suggests many of his erstwhile compatriots have forsaken...
...came out on pure adrenaline,” Broadbent said. “I was feeling great out there and playing probably the best squash game of my life...
...think our game is great the way it is,” Botterill said. “It’s a pure game. There’s skill, speed, finesse—but it’s still a physical game. [Without checking] the best aspects of the game are accentuated...
...Catamounts learned the hard way that when the only way you can score is by pure accident, chances are you won’t beat the No.1 team in the nation...