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Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Judiciary Committee in 2005, when Roberts was confirmed, was so annoyed by some of the Chief Justice's opinions last term that he threatened to investigate whether Roberts had misled the panel. But Roberts has told friends he stands by every word. He wasn't talking about compromising on ideological principles, he explains. He was talking about conducting disputes and expressing outcomes in the voice of a durable institution--not as nine voices of nine headstrong pundits...
...after eight years of moderate growth. Under pressure from international sanctions, nearly every sector of the North's lilliputian economy contracted, with new construction plummeting 11.5%. Torrential rains in August, meanwhile, destroyed an estimated 11% of the country's rice and corn crops, again raising the specter of a mass famine like the one that killed as many as a million people in the mid-1990s...
...Lover”’s finest moment. The album does, however, have its shortcomings. After about ninety seconds of bizarre vocal interjections and erratic drumming, “The Courtesan Has Sung” decides to go somewhere; unfortunately, that somewhere is a Specter-esque thoroughfare, complete with walls of anonymous female vocals, keyboard sounds, and synthesizers. It’s the biggest of the question marks that punctuate the album. Thankfully, Krug finds his way back into more familiar waters with “Winged/Wicked Things,” punched up by visceral guitar waves that...
...Since they lost the presidency to Yushchenko in December 2004, Yanukovych and PR have often threatened get it back through an early presidential election. But now the specter of such an election arises instead from an unexpected corner: that of the ever-ambitious Tymoshenko feeling that she would surely carry it in the runoff. Fighting for the presidency - and restoring the functions it was forced to cede to the Rada in 2005 - might prove more alluring to her than holding a premiership stripped of control over key positions and issues...
...hospital hours later. The 16-year-old boys, all without prior criminal records, were tried as adults in front of an all-white judge and jury. Under normal circumstances, the charges and sentence seem unnecessarily harsh. Set against the background of events in Jena, they raise the specter of racism...