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...writing their Justice response papers than watching every pitch. After emphasizing several times that they do have permission to invade student space, the crew of three gets to work filming (several times) the dramatic entrance of a reporter into the midst of the completely apathetic group. (FM does not speak Japanese, therefore it is entirely possible that the commentary is actually some form of psychoanalysis.) Of course, viewers in Japan won’t be pleased watching this humdrum scene, so the crew kindly asks the students to look away from their laptops for a minute and cheer loudly while...
...stellar intellectual manpower” onto her legal pad. But if there’s one quality Eastspring didn’t add to her effusive list of Harvard’s reputed traits, it’s that most Harvard students—even if they can only speak English—are bilingual. For instance, the night after spotting Eastspring in the Yard, I ran into her in the Eliot House dining hall, where she was sassily spreading cream cheese onto a bagel at brainbreak. But here, she seemed to be speaking in an entirely different language...
Obama had a choice at that moment. He could thank Petraeus for the briefing and promise to take his views "under advisement." Or he could tell Petraeus what he really thought, a potentially contentious course of action - especially with a general not used to being confronted. Obama chose to speak his mind. "You know, if I were in your shoes, I would be making the exact same argument," he began. "Your job is to succeed in Iraq on as favorable terms as we can get. But my job as a potential Commander in Chief is to view your counsel...
...Obama's quiet selection of Joe Biden defined the public's choice in the general-election campaign. But not every decision can be made so carefully. There are a thousand instinctive, instantaneous decisions that a presidential candidate has to make in the course of a campaign - like whether to speak his mind to a General Petraeus - and this has been a more difficult journey for Obama, since he's far more comfortable when he's able to think things through. "He has learned to trust his gut," an Obama adviser told me. "He wasn't so confident in his instincts...
That sort of clarity is new. At the beginning of the year, Donna Brazile said of Obama, "We know he can walk on water - now where are the loaves and fishes?" The inability to describe his priorities, the inability to speak directly to voters in ways they could easily comprehend, plagued Obama through much of the primary season. His tendency to use big rhetoric in front of big crowds led to McCain's one good spell, after Obama presumptuously spoke to a huge throng in Berlin after his successful Middle East trip. Only a President should make a major address...