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...resolved the debate in its own ranks on that question. Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Iran Freedom Support Act, which speaks the language of regime change. If the Iranians remain convinced that active regime change is the real U.S. goal, then obviously diplomacy will have a slim chance of success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Power Struggle in Iran | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

...track that would annihilate the soul of any backpack hip-hop fan on contact. A track that officially makes Pharrell, the mastermind behind this war crime of a song, the most wretched living thing ever to use his voice or hands. The song is essentially Slim Thug’s “I Ain’t Heard Of That (Remix)” as performed by an asthmatic Rain Man. This song is so bad that you can actually hear Ludacris sigh in between gimmicky half-rhymes about “how good you look in them jeans...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review: Ludacris, "Release Therapy" | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

...urban strategy failed. McCaskill lost the general election to Republican Matt Blunt, whose slim victory statewide was fueled by huge majorities in rural counties. McCaskill earned her political stripes as a tough-talking prosecutor in Kansas City before becoming state auditor in 1998. Since losing the governor's race in 2004, McCaskill used her position as auditor to keep her name in the news, launching high-profile investigations into state-regulated nursing homes and cost overruns in St. Louis's MetroLink light rail system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: A Fight for the Heartland in Missouri | 10/3/2006 | See Source »

...Very slim at best,” he said. “[The Green Party is] not even registering on any polls...

Author: By Kevin Zhou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 1 Percent in Polls—But Spirit Aplenty | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

...starting candidate would ordinarily; by law, Foley's name must remain on the Nov. 7 ballot, and though a vote for Foley would count as a vote for Negron, the chances of getting enough voters to drop their ill will toward Foley long enough to mark his name look slim at best. Even Florida's Republican Governor Jeb Bush conceded today that Negron "has an extraordinary challenge here. It's never been done before [in Florida]." Still, Bush dismissed suggestions that the G.O.P. should simply cut its losses in the 16th district as the wrongheaded advice of the "talking heads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biggest Winner in the Foley Scandal | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

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