Word: santini
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...Friday afternoon. Fourth-seeded freshman Kristin Norton defeated Boston University opponent Monika Mical in three sets, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. Junior Agnes Sibilski overpowered her UTSA competitor Vivian Carrillo in straight sets, 6-0, 6-4, and second-seeded Tachibana followed suit, eliminating her Terrier opponent, Petra Santini, 6-1, 6-0. In the quarterfinals, Norton had an easier time, as she downed her UTSA opponent Caroline Dedering, 6-2, 6-1. While Tachibana continued her perfect season and advanced to the semifinals, Sibilski ran into Alex Kelleher of BC, who emerged with...
...parliamentarians to encourage them to join his team, he was confident enough to vow at a rally in Dijon on April 23 that he would "seal no alliances to the detriment of my convictions." It's unlikely that he'll need to do so. André Santini, one of half a dozen udf mainstays who have moved into the Sarkozy camp, says, "We've already seen Sarkozy talking more about Bayrou's issues, like cutting the debt and reinforcing social supports." Santini adds: "You have to go back decades to see a first-round result like Sarkozy...
...governments, Bayrou's current platform is not so wildly different from Royal's, pledging more support for schools and more environmental responsibility. His opponents mistrust such pragmatism. "The French will figure out eventually that it's better to have a real left and a real right," says André Santini, who was suspended from Bayrou's UDF last month for backing Sarkozy...
...consider the novel’s ostensible climax: Santini must race to China in a supersonic jet-plane in order to halt a misguided preemptive strike on North Korea that could result in World War III. But before he arrives, we’re treated to 30 pages of refueling and bureaucratic bickering...
...rare occasions that Cohen does move beyond this tedium, the novel feels like something a fifth grader would write. When Santini arrives with his six-pack abs in Tiananmen Square, he kills several soldiers single-handedly, shoots down a helicopter with a handgun, and then proceeds to kick the rogue general in the balls. If this is the way our leaders see the world, is it any wonder that things are such a mess...