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...Royal has not gotten this far in the testosterone mosh pit of French politics to accept the rebuke, especially not from a guy with whom she has to share a bathroom. On Friday, she reiterated her promise to refrain from tax hikes and other measures "that discourage working," suggesting instead that the debt may be tackled by stiffening capital gains or corporate profit taxes. Royal then landed Hollande a blow square to the political shorts by tapping party heavyweight Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who contested the primary against her, to lead a study on tax reform. In doing so, Royal...
...show's "pro-America" stance. (Among the crowd were pundit Laura Ingraham and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.) The weird spectacle put a point on a raging question in pop culture: Is 24 just a TV show or right-wing propaganda? Or, to turn Jack Bauer's frequent refrain on him: Who are you working...
...Speaking of figures of speech, the New York Post quoted Joumana as saying, "Home is where we lay our hat." Maybe it wasn't nearby-object-throwing or even infidelity that undermined that marriage, so much as her tendency to get expressions slightly wrong. And he can't refrain from snapping at her: "The expression, damn it, is 'Home is where I hang my hat'!" And she comes back with "Lay our hat! Lay our hat! Lay our hat!" Not the sort of thing you'd put into court papers, so we may never know...
...study the question and could ultimately determine that protection is not warranted. This would no doubt lead to more court battles that could indeed run past the expiration date of the Administration itself. What's more, even if the bear is listed, the government is required only to refrain from taking actions that harm the species further. It is not required to remedy existing ones that led to the problem - like tolerating dirty cars with poor mileage ratings. "There has to be some kind of federal nexus to the action that hurts the species," says Wetzler...
...disease kills about 700,000 Americans annually, consumers are bombarded with scary images of terrorism, school violence and pandemics without the benefit of a clear context or information about the absolute risk. We need a citizenry that takes the time to understand risk, but we also need media that refrain from preying on our emotions. BEN BLINK Eau Claire...