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...election has energized Americans on both sides of the political spectrum like never before?and that includes the estimated 6 million Americans living abroad. The U.S. government has already responded to more than 5 million requests for overseas ballot applications, compared with 1.8 million in 2000. The sheer number of expat voters could make the difference in a close race. "The interest in this election is amazing," says Ruth McCreery, a translator and writer who is the Tokyo-based vice chairperson of Democrats Abroad for the Asia-Pacific region. "Thanks to Florida, people have realized that overseas absentee ballots really...
...Sullivan), decide to probe what potential their creation might have: They explore the commercial possibilities of time-travel for a few hours each day, encounter dreadful mishaps in a Scooby Doo-esque fashion and finally, things end quite badly, with the audience, plot and characters in a state of sheer confusion...
Only 16 sailors from across the nation will have the chance to jockey for position in Laser-class dinghies for the Collegiate Singlehanded National Championships. Thanks to results from this weekend’s New England Singlehanded Qualifiers, two of those matching finely honed skill and sheer athleticism with the best in the nation will sail under a Crimson aegis...
...good measure, there's also the sheer beauty of the architecture at Kotohira-gu. Alongside the dozens of historic wooden shrines, one new addition is a stunning mountaintop building that houses offices as well as a reception area for religious ceremonies?an ultramodern edifice of rusted iron and glass built into the hillside in a way that complements the main shrine building surprisingly well. Takubo helped design the new building with architect Ryoji Suzuki. Its innovative use of light and space?many of the rooms are actually freestanding boxes in the middle of a glassed-in atrium?has made...
...scripted story’s sheer ridiculousness forces these and other oddities to the forefront. Time would be better spent contemplating the American role in the disarray that Johnston so effectively captures in the non-fiction filming at the movie’s core...