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...years, and its 11 electoral votes are do-or-die for John McCain. Both sides have lawyers in the state, braced for skirmishes like the one eight years ago, when a federal judge extended voting hours in St. Louis. "Since 2000, election litigation has become as predictable as snow in January," says Thor Hearne, legal counsel to the Missouri GOP and head of President Bush's legal election team in 2004. At least the weather is supposed to be nice - mid-70s and mostly sunny for much of the state. - By Karen Ball / Kansas City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...Furman, the "biggest miracle" of the past 63 years was that no other atom bombs had been used. His fervent hope was for that to remain so. My last memory of Robert, a barbershop-quartet member, was of him standing in the snow on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, singing peacefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Furman | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...back into face, smoothing it as if soothing a child. “Get your pumpkins out of my flowerbed,” she said. Wonderingly, she held up her hands for the gardener to see. Not a speck of dirt. They were still as clean and white as snow...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 11 | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...blurred that line beyond visibility. Formerly, The Cure united hordes of depressed teenagers behind caked-on makeup and under a banner of angst. Now they reach for modernity while half-heartedly grappling to recapture their former appeal—failing at both. During “The Real Snow White” I can almost see The Killers’ Brandon Flowers wailing about “promises made in the heat of the moment” in Robert Smith’s place. Just add a few synths and Flowers would be right at home. Then 11th track...

Author: By Erika P. Pierson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Cure | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...mother’s health.There is more to a debate than what is verbally communicated. Physical communication and eloquence, are also very important. Obama spoke with a water-faucet flow, flashing his gleaming smile intermittently. McCain’s speech had the flow of a traffic jam in a snow storm, as he confused syntax and became short of breath. This stuff matters. McCain argued like he was down in the polls. On the other hand, you could almost see Obama thinking the line that made Reagan famous: “There you go again.” Running...

Author: By George Hayward | Title: Presidentiality | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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