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...confine their celebrations to removing their cap and acknowledging, with a raising of their bat, the applause of the crowd. Today's leaping, fist-pumping performances - unleashed no matter what the state of play - are merely self-indulgent. When they follow upon the defeat of an opponent, they smack of triumphalism. The century-maker directs his attention first and foremost at his teammates. During this exchange of joy and gratitude, there might as well be no one else at the ground...
...Such inconsistencies - which, to many, smack of double standards - are not confined to Britain. Despite the gravitational pull toward uniformity provided by the binding opinions of the European Court of Human Rights, a diverse Continent does not lend itself to a common approach. "It's like trying to nail down a jellyfish," says Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich, a professor of comparative law at Roma Tre University. "Each country has its own taboos. What applies to Great Britain does not apply to Greece." The old law-school adage holds that hard cases make bad law, and when a country finds certain words...
...very carefully chosen what assignments he will take," says a Senate Democratic aide. Some Democrats complain that his high-profile alliances with Republicans--such as his joining with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the Senate, to push a bill to monitor Hurricane Katrina recovery spending--smack of a man positioning himself for a presidential run. "He needs to be careful not to look too political and too out for himself," says a Democratic strategist. "He needs to pick some fights [with Republicans]." The McCain battle was unintentional, and Obama has tried to walk away from...
...absolutely, 100% see why this book seemed like a good idea at the time. Two Manhattan couples are busily glossing over the structural flaws in their marriages and in their personal value systems, minding their own business, when Sept. 11 arrives to smack them upside their well-coiffed heads. And who better to snap the reaction shot than Jay McInerney, novelist to the cool and moneyed, author of Bright Lights, Big City? Midlife epiphanies, check. Astute social observation, check. Reality check, check...
...call me selfish, but I can?t help but be pleased when Osama?s spotlight-grabbing tirades, while hopefully mostly hot air, gives the rest of the country a smack on the fanny. I don?t expect the folks in Peoria to be as nervous as I am. But it doesn?t hurt for the rest of the county to occasionally be reminded that, a free Iraq notwithstanding, al Qaeda is still furiously plotting ways to bring the war back home...