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...This smart, funny, borderline-practical handbook, which went to No. 3 on the New York Times best-seller list and No. 1 on Amazon, is brimming with ideas. In it, Moore suggests a busy agenda for a Democratic President's first 10 days, including drafting rich kids to fight our wars, defeating al-Qaeda by digging water wells around the world, banning high-fructose corn syrup and making HBO free for everyone. He proposes six ways to fix elections - I mean, make the process work. (Oddly, these don't include putting elections for the presidency, the Senate and the House...
...startlingly successful. And while Gulsvig brings nothing new to the table physically, she sings and dances and pouts and struts and costume-changes with inhumane speed, all of which combine to create an enjoyable overall experience. What was missing, however, was Witherspoon’s smooth transition from sneakily smart Malibu queen to career woman: Gulsvig never did strike one as deceptively clever to begin with. The objects of her affection are also unfortunately less than dreamy. D.B. Bonds as Emmett (the teaching associate Elle meets in her law class) is sweet but lacks Luke Wilson’s bookish...
...actually listen to,” says HRC Vice President Alee Lockman ’10. “In the past couple of years we’ve really been trying to send a message that we’re Harvard students, we’re just as smart as our liberal counterparts—we just have different opinions...
...that end, this issue features David Von Drehle's smart opening piece about how John McCain or Barack Obama would probably govern and a four-page spread of where the candidates stand on the issues--ably edited by Massimo Calabresi, along with actual responses from Obama and McCain. Adding to the mix are Karen Tumulty's story on the Joe Biden campaign, Jim Poniewozik on how the media have covered the candidates, John Cloud on the secretive group that is reshaping gay politics, reports by Andrew Lee Butters and Aryn Baker on Iraq and Afghanistan, and reflections on Campaign...
...There have already been indications of what exactly "difficult" might mean. On October 18, some three thousand laid-off migrant workers demonstrated outside the gates of a shuttered toy factory owned by Hong Kong company Smart Union Group (Holdings). The workers were demanding the payment of over $3 million in back wages. With the factory managers apparently having fled to Hong Kong, the Dongguan city government was eventually forced to announce that it would guarantee their payment...