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...lost on other Democrats. A year later, Mark Warner ardently courted gun owners in heavily Republican Virginia--and cruised to victory in the Governor's race. In this year's excruciatingly close House and Senate elections, many of the hardest-fought races are in Southern and Western states and semi-rural congressional districts, which explains why national Democratic leaders are doing their best to stay away from the gun issue entirely. The idea of gun control is so out of favor that Handgun Control Inc., a leading lobby organization, changed its name last year to the Brady Campaign and Brady...
Although the characters do sustain semi-faithful sexual relationships over a number of years in the play, they are never fully aware of each other’s true identities. “You’re a cartoon,” Alice snaps at Dan, not yet aware that she’ll never know the man behind the caricature...
...semi-final match, Muth took a tough first set from Lingman before dominating in the second...
Mikkelsen describes the Faroe Islands as a “small, provincial” place where everyone knows each other. His acceptance to Harvard vaulted him to semi-celebrity status there, and not only did he make the front pages of the two national newspapers, he also landed a contract with one to write periodic essays. The fame also served him well with the ladies in Faroese nightclubs. “Expectations for my performance in life rose exponentially” he says of life post-Harvard acceptance...
...between the cheerful opening and the abrupt change of mood in the second stanza. Each utterance of “Mein Herz” (“My Heart”) encompassed the emotional spectrum, from optimism to anguish. At his finest moments, he was able to take a semi-strophic song, like the opening “Gute Nacht” (“Good Night”), and turn it into a compelling narrative, making the music speak differently each time it reappeared. There was a richness to his vocal part that one doesn’t often...