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Although Friday night’s result did not go in Altman’s favor, she doesn’t regret her decision to transfer into the Ancient Eight...
...rally at which, she said, “the so-called scream couldn’t really be heard at all.” CBS, ABC, CNN and even Fox News all admitted to varying degrees that they’d overplayed the clip. But their sheepish statements of regret didn’t approach anywhere near 633 airings. And in the weeks that followed, it was that scream—at last, incontrovertible “evidence” of his “anger”—to which pundits pointed in describing his downfall...
...subsequent outcry against Jackson compounded the misogynistic nature of the incident, with Jackson disproportionately blamed even as Timberlake was allowed to move on almost immediately. Public opinion deemed Timberlake’s cursory initial apology sufficient; Jackson was forced to issue repeated statements of regret, first in print and later in a plaintive televised version. She was barred from last Sunday’s Grammy Awards; he performed with jazz legend Arturo Sandoval. “Saturday Night Live” compared Jackson to her brother Michael, an accused pedophile; Timberlake, who tore off her clothing, was portrayed...
...highly illegal operations. Gary Hart was finished as a candidate almost as soon as scandal broke. The jury’s still out on what Mr. Bush knew and didn’t know, how he used it, why he was wrong and whether he will regret his mistakes...
...regret to see yet another spending hike for the Pentagon in Bush’s latest budget. With this 7 percent rise, which doesn’t include any supplemental money for Iraq or Afghanistan, military spending in 2005 will surpass the largest defense budgets of the Cold War. And, regrettably, it will almost certainly pass because of a Republican chokehold on the House of Representatives and Senate Democrats’ insecurities about seeming weak on defense. If it has to pass, let’s use the new money wisely—by siphoning it into higher salaries...