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...also faults his lack of experience in federal courts. (Among the cases Manion cited as his most significant were such unmomentous disputes as one in which he defended a car dealership accused of misrepairing a Volkswagen Rabbit.) Says Delaware Democratic Senator Joseph Biden: ''This man is not up to snuff. I think my milkman is a decent man, but he shouldn't serve on the circuit court of appeals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNMAKING THE APPOINTMENTS The fight is on over Reagan judicial choices | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...Among the Museu do Oriente's collections are many prominent pieces that have never been publicly exhibited, including rare crucifixes, snuff bottles, screens, ornaments, paintings and antiques from as far afield as East Timor, Japan, Goa, Korea and Macau (the latter meriting a section of its own). There is also a special exhibition devoted to Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto religious objects. But art experts and historians are most excited about the reappearance of a well-known collection that has not been shown publicly for many years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sails and Acquisitions | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...father kills her Hutu mother with a machete. And so on. These stories are so frightening and upsetting, and offer so little in the way of closure or consolation, that you wonder what the point is of subjecting yourself to them--they exist at the border between realism and snuff. There's a basic sense that art is supposed to make of the world that Say You're One of Them--gorgeously written as it is--does not. You could read it, but why? Kiss your family, enjoy a hot shower, and donate the price of a hardcover book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art of Darkness | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...Facebook event Catalano created a few weeks ago, as he does for every Chipotle promotion in the area. Chipotle does not do much radio advertising and does no television advertising, meaning that it relies heavily on word of mouth, he said. But not everyone found Chipotle up to snuff compared to the myriad of other Mexican food options in the Square. Brenda C. Maldonado ’10, a former Crimson news writer, said her burrito “was not delicious.” And Ben, a student from the Belmont Hill School who asked that his last name...

Author: By Gabriel J. Daly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Diners Wrap Around Block for Free Chipotle Burritos | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...that it is very organic," said Dan Wofford, an Obama supporter and son of former Sen. Harris Wofford. "It's not without structure, but it is bottom-up." As campaign staff begins to arrive in the state, he said, "they are very mindful; they don't want to snuff out the grass roots with a layer of hierarchy on top of it, but they do bring in structure that helps nourish the grassroots movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Primary to End All Primaries? | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

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