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...presidential candidate to suspend his campaign (or purport to) at the height of the election season can only be a gimmick. While McCain may have canceled his public events, the wheels of the McCain advertising machine continue to turn in several states; McCain has done nothing to stop campaign commercials on national cable that have already been cued up or radio advertisements in Florida, for instance. For a self-avowed “maverick,” McCain is proving despicably adept at playing the game of underhanded politics. Moreover, this is just the latest in a string of troubling...
...really proud of my country" remark. That prompted Barack Obama to throw down a gauntlet of his own. "I would never think of going after somebody's spouse in a campaign," he told Robin Roberts of Good Morning America. "She loves this country ... And especially for people who purport to be promoters of family values ... to start attacking my wife in a political campaign, I think, is detestable...
...less and just reduce the amount of power you use at home whenever possible, either through conservation or with appliances that are more energy-efficient. Winners get small prizes like tote bags--and green bragging rights. (Those who want to go the extra green mile can purchase offsets, which purport to balance out your emissions by funding a carbon-reduction project elsewhere in the world.) Altogether, Carbonrally's 2,000 users have averted more than 150 tons of CO2 emissions since the site was launched in October 2007. "We put the challenges in bite-size chunks, but that adds...
...medium that imparts immediacy and often suggests exclusive access to high-profile subjects. Today's covers portray concepts, ideas and trends as well as people in the news. The gallery of covers here represents artwork and paintings of newsmakers that gave TIME its signature style. This art doesn't purport to showcase the best or most important covers in TIME's history, just some of its most beautiful and--for want of a better word--timeless...
...authors of the site, who purport to “blush crimson for the stars,” post short blurbs on what they claim are the exploits of “campus celebrities,” including Undergraduate Council President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 (he “used to have neon yellow hair,” the site explains), and sex blogger Lena Chen...