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...members struck me as clever guys with good senses of humor who were legitimately interested in one another. I imagine that men and women in different clubs probably describe their first punch event and the remainder of their successful punch seasons in equally fond terms. In the best-case scenario, a final club member finds in his or her club exactly the sense of community that the House system fails to provide.But as we know, punch and the final clubs as institutions comprise a system where best-case scenarios are few and far-between. Depending on the club, punches...
...team that specializes in winning high-profile public-integrity cases--the talk in Washington is already whether George W. Bush might pardon the Vice President's former chief of staff if he is convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice or other charges. Republicans involved in the case say the scenario most conducive to a pardon would be a guilty plea by Libby to head off a messy trial in which Dick Cheney's testimony might be sought...
...thing you should make sure of is that you’re comfortable in your approach. Just as dogs can sense fear, girls can sense awkwardness or insecurity. So, just do it. And don’t worry about their whispers. Worst case scenario, they’re not interested. And you move onto the next “pack” of girls dancing. And have a good time dancing. If you’re having fun, they’ll want to have fun with you. Of course, they’ll have to consult one another first...
...remote a possibility as that scenario now seems, it is enough of a threat that the Bush Administration has taken an unprecedented approach to selling Alito. Instead of first focusing on potential liberal opponents on the Senate Judiciary Committee like Ted Kennedy and Joseph Biden, Alito made many of his initial courtesy calls on more moderate Democrats, some of whom are members of the Gang of 14. That coalition of Democrats and Republicans banded together to prevent an escalation to a filibuster--nuclear-option scenario during the battles over federal appeals-court nominees earlier this year, and they met last...
Nuclear terrorism is the major threat facing the United States, former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry said at the John F. Kennedy, Jr., Forum last night. Perry, who led the Department of Defense from 1994 to 1997 under former President Bill Clinton, said that a nightmare scenario in which terrorists could gain access to nuclear weapons and use them against an American city was “all too real.” “If they get them, they will use them and the results would be devastating,” he said to a crowd...