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...case you missed it, a few days ago Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock concert museum. Now, my friends, I wasn't there. I'm sure it was a cultural and pharmaceutical event. I was tied up at the time." This jab by John McCain at Hillary Clinton at the most recent Republican presidential debate received the evening's only standing ovation. Admittedly, those standing were partisan Florida Republicans. Still, it was a moment--in its combination of high-spirited playfulness and polemical sharpness--that made me think happier days may lie ahead...
...another key selling point—even though the company’s Web site cautions that not all its buses have plug-in power outlets. “With wireless, traveling would be so much more efficient, knowing I’ll have a seat and can spend the 4 hour ride productively,” said Anesha P. Grant ’08, a Brooklyn native and regular Greyhound passenger. Representatives of Fung Wah declined to comment. Greyhound Lines did not return several phone calls...
...That’s what Repent America has set out to do. They spend a lot of time focusing on homosexuality, which earned a great deal of ire from the crowd. “That’s not Christianity, that’s Paulianity,” said Eric, a short man in a blue sweatshirt who repeatedly challenged the validity of the Paul quotation. “Paul’s scripture is given by inspiration of God,” Tyler kept replying...
...While more than 150,000 people live in squalid, sprawling camps around north Darfur's main town, shopkeepers are cashing in on the influx of aid workers with money to spend. A six-story shopping mall and office block is under construction next door to Babkir's store, and scores of tiny Korean taxis dodge donkey carts in El Fasher's sand-covered streets. Other shops sell jars of the powdered milk drink Ovaltine, and tubs of Camembert cheese bearing made-in-France labels. "There's high demand ever since the African Union and the aid agencies came here," says...
...camps like the three arranged around the edge of El Fasher. An African Union (AU) force of 7,000 soldiers, police officers and cease-fire monitors has failed to stop the violence, but they've been good business for local merchants. The peacekeepers, after all, have cash to spend, as do the United Nations staffers, some of whom are paid daily allowances of more than...