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...anticipate a slight reorganization at the staff level, which is not uncommon during transitions,” John D. Longbrake, the president’s spokesman, wrote in an e-mail...
...sound like populist theatrics, but it's working: polls show Lpez with a slight lead over Felipe Caldern, of the conservative National Action Party. (By law, President Vicente Fox cannot run again.) And it highlights the issue driving this election--one that may have an impact on Americans as well as on the campesinos in Puebla. Mexico's economy is still in the clutches of Big Business barons, who often pay subsistence wages, hog bank credit and investment capital and choke financial oxygen from the medium-size and small businesses that employ two-thirds of Mexico's workers...
...discovering your fairy godmother: "Every woman watching, this is going to change your life?Everyone's talking about it. And I'm revealing a beauty secret that literally performs miracles. It can reverse aging. It can make you look 10, even 20 pounds lighter." The literal miracles seem slight compared to this. Says Oprah, according to the show's transcript, "I'm so excited. Whoo, whoo. Whoo, whoo. Whoo!" Well, breasts are an erogenous zone, after...
...continent like some outsized Rorschach pattern. These multi-laned, guard-rail-clad corridors by now seem timeless, like pre-Cambrian mountains bolted to the landscape. So it's hard to believe that America's freeway system turns 50 this summer - a chronological blip on the tectonic plates too slight for a spectrometer, but in the life of our republic, a golden anniversary...
...doubt, Wade's slashing style benefited from NBA rules changes that require referees to call the game much closer - even slight contact might get you to the foul line. In Game 5, Wade shot 25 foul shots - as much as the entire Dallas team. In Game 6, he shot 21 more. For years, Dallas will be smarting over a foul call against Nowitzki in the waning seconds of game 5 - he barely touched Wade, but the refs awarded Wade the winning free throws. So yes, Wade's stats might be a bit inflated - but getting questionable foul calls was also...