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Ultimately, First Daughter takes itself too seriously, is not compelling enough to be serious and most tragically does not have one choreographed dance number to redeem it. Watching Holmes in this utterly shallow role, I feel secondhand embarrassment reminiscent of Jenna and Babs’ stand-up at the Republican National Convention...
...nationally televised panel show on the night of the election wearing a brown business suit, politicians from other parties walked off the set. The next day, protesters showed up in Dresden, the state capital, with signs reading nazis out. Even in the east, the party's support may be shallow. Hans-Joachim Maaz, a political commentator in the eastern city of Halle, says it's important to distinguish between hard-core NPD supporters and the people who plumped for them in this election. "The voters have no interest in the nationalist idea," Maaz says. "They used their vote...
...before he could persuade the coaching staff that he’d be of greater use in the shallow defensive backfield than the stocked wide receiving corps, Harvey tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on a routine special teams play on the astroturf at Columbia’s Wien Stadium...
Many of the reporters who cover campaigns, shall we say, swim in the shallow end of the pool—and have, consequently, missed this. But what Kerry has consistently offered—beyond a (relatively minor) corporate tax restructuring, and an underreported (but dramatic) new focus on math and science education—is the beginning of an economic competitiveness agenda actually worthy of the next American president. A president who realizes that, in many ways, the world isn’t divided between good and evil, but between those getting ahead and those falling behind?...
...Canadian butterfly specialist Mike Mintenko found in Sydney in 2000 after he missed an Olympic medal by a fingernail, finishing fifth in the 100-m final. After analyzing the race, his coach concluded that Mintenko blew it?literally?at the 75-m mark. The analysis showed that Mintenko's shallow breathing after the 50-m turn didn't allow him to maintain enough oxygen to keep his muscles from tiring. In February Mintenko tried out a device, made by Houston-based PowerLung, that looks like a glorified asthma inhaler. It forces the user to work harder to pull...