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...quite smooth, all things considered, and we’ve learned a lot about what refinements the system may still need,” Doherty says...
...decadent chocolate cake from Alden Merrill. The physical bread meant little to me, the sour-smelling wine even less, when compared to the stunningly sweet pastel packaged neatly in a cardboard box and stored safely in the basement refrigerator. I can still picture myself carving into the smooth fudge that formed the outer layer of the cake. The contrast between my crisp white dress, with its eyelet detail and simple lace ribbons, and the mouth-watering brown-black icing made the moment of the incision even more dramatic and appealing. I’d waited all day for a wedge...
...state of Bavaria, who had made a chief issue of the country's economic woes. Schroder has closed the gap in the past month and last week even edged past Stoiber for the first time in the eight-month campaign. One reason for Schroder's turnaround is his smooth performance as a crisis manager. When eastern Germany was inundated by heavy flooding last month, Schroder put together a $7 billion reconstruction plan and deferred a planned tax cut 12 months to pay for it. Even more important, say political analysts, were Schroder's strong statements opposing any U.S. military action...
...That's a reason to tune in (make it $2 million, and I'll watch E.R.!). But the reason to stick with it is to see if this ambitious but self-conscious series becomes more than the sum of its affectations--flat line readings, characters with names like Mr. Smooth, precious tilted-camera shots to remind you how weird it all is. The producers (including writer-producer Ben Affleck) seem to want to use the contest as bait to draw viewers to a genuinely different kind of series. If they have a vision--not just a marketing gimmick built...
Nevertheless, even if these reforms are passed and voting becomes smooth and easy in Florida, the issue of low voter turnout still cripples our democracy. Especially among young people and minorities, voter turnout is abysmal. In the last midterm election, eligible voter turnout hit an all-time low of 36.4 percent...