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They may have looked like supplicants but their questions were not conciliatory. The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked McCain to clarify for British audiences whether he deserved his "McSame" nickname which implies a McCain administration would be little different from the Bush-led government. The senator skirted a direct answer but later criticized the postwar handling of Iraq. "The problem with Iraq, in my view, is because it was mishandled after the initial success," he said. "That caused great sacrifice, frustration and sorrow...
...Beijing resident Richard Robinson, an American and a "plastic patty" - the bearer of an Irish passport thanks to an Irish grandfather - wore a cocked neon-green velvet top hat to complete his leprechaun outfit. Surveying the scene, he said, "This is the same as a parade anywhere else. Except it's more sober. And it's in China." David Sheridan, who had flown in along with his band, the Geantra? Players for which he plays the fiddle, thought the event showed a needed "bit of looseness in China." He liked something about the look of it. "There's great color...
...Pilbeam replied in an e-mailed statement: “This has really fallen off my radar.” Sundquist said he has no plans to pursue a review of the party grant system until after Hammonds takes office June 1. In the meantime, UC Representative Sean C. Robinson ’09, plans to introduce a resolution in the coming weeks to reallocate party grant money to fund other social activities.Robinson said his Quincy constituents have recently complained to him about the party fund’s “quiet disappearance...
...every remark gets caught up the freak show atmosphere of presidential politics - even now. Barack Obama's brother-in-law, Craig Robinson, a Princeton-educated basketball coach at Brown University, was given almost a complete pass by the press and the Clinton campaign when he made personally disparaging remarks about Hillary and Bill Clinton in an interview published last week in the New Yorker...
...once, signaling teammates to set up plays. A lefty, Obama keeps opponents off balance: fake right, then go left with a very quick crossover dribble and a finish to the basket with his left hand. His instinct is to play opponents very close - though nowadays, says Craig Robinson, "everybody's being real careful not to give him a fat lip or something that would show up when he's on TV." After a couple of hours, having won three of four games, Obama wanted to keep playing. "Every once in a while," he says, smiling, "this 46-year-old body...