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...weeks apart, it was often a long-distance relationship (time apart was the reason their publicist cited for the end of the affair). And the marriage was battered by external forces. They fought back, suing a London publication that alleged that Cruise was gay and the marriage was a sham...
...Ralph Nader, and not because they believe Gore and Bush are the exact same candidate: There are obvious differences between the candidates on many issues, especially social policy (abortion, gay rights and affirmative action). Instead, these voters fear that the entire democratic process in the United States is a sham, that the vast amounts of money that corporations are pouring into political campaigns are corrupting democracy, and that both parties simply ignore the problem...
...Democrats to articulate the issues at stake. These three tragic elements combine to give working-class independents, who will swing the election, the mistaken idea that the route to education reform, environmental protection and a fair wage for a fair day's work runs through a vacuous philosophical sham termed "Compassionate Conservatism...
...been, they said, fraud in the Sept. 24 election, and some official results were annulled. That seemed to imply that a whole new election was required and Milosevic could happily stay in power until his term ended in July. Such a slap in the face of legitimacy--even the sham variety normal in Yugoslavia--practically invited voters to overthrow Milosevic...
...however, after the death of two prominent leaders of the Ogoni, Saro-Wiwa was tried by "special tribunal"--by all accounts a sham of justice where most of the witnesses were paid to testify falsely--and hanged for murder. The trial drew heavy international criticism and was widely viewed as an attempt by the Nigerian government, at the request of Shell, to eliminate one of the most prominent activists fighting for social and economic justice...