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...Nearly lost his 1992 Senate race after feminists mobilized against him for grilling Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearings (he called her testimony "flat-out perjury"). In 2004, his remark that a Supreme Court nominee who opposed abortion rights wouldn't pass Senate confirmation almost cost him the chance to run the hearings...
...merchant of death. Riding on outrage, Modi won re-election in Gujarat for a third term as Chief Minister. "Gujarat is one state that has been very touchy about Modi and anything written or spoken about him," says Mumbai-based poll analyst Jai Mrug, adding that Gandhi's remark rejuvenated the Hindu vote in the state in favor of the BJP. "The [electorate] will see the present court ruling as an attempt by the central government to malign Modi and reduce his chances of being Prime Minister in the next general elections...
...mirror to watch myself during normal conversations, so why should I during a video chat? I don’t like it when intruders pop into the image on the other end, just to say “Hi!” or wave and remark how cool video chatting is because they can see themselves wave in the self-reflection. First of all, why is that so cool? And b) of all, get out of my conversation. Even worse: someone could be watching the video chat from beyond the frame, unbeknownst to you. You’re too busy...
...course, many critical features of politics are distorted when they are quantified. Albert Einstein was apparently fond of a remark that “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” (There is a deeper mathematical insight here that underlies much of modern statistics and decision theory; for an introduction, see Patrick Billingsley, Convergence of Probability Measures.) And so hundreds of political science courses at Harvard and elsewhere continue to offer readings in political philosophy, American political development and political history, and legal and administrative decisions...
...undue, might we remark on what interesting garments you have chosen to don this evening? In our day, business casual practically meant a three-piece suit. Well, it is true that cravats and waistcoats are only adopted now by a particular kind of man. But if you would just remove your Converse sneakers from the white linen—if you could just—ahh, here is the bill...