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...successors (incredibly, there have been five since the 2001 crash) created an even bigger mess, and jaded Argentines have apparently decided that Menem is as good as their politicians will ever get. Menem, one of the first President Bush's favorite Latin American leaders, has a more positive spin. "I left a functioning, growing economy," he insisted to TIME. "Our current crisis simply makes people remember how good things were when I was President." And as if to highlight his revived potency, the sports-car enthusiast announced last week that he and his wife, Chilean TV celebrity Cecilia Bolocco...
...Part of the book was soliciting questions. Most people ended up looking for different perspectives on their specific topics,” he said. “We also wrote the intro to each chapter, with our spin on the specific topic...
This final qualification sums up Bercu’s attitude, as he puts a positive spin on the extreme stress that is part of the pre-med experience...
...matter the evidence." Dee Dee Myers, former press secretary to Bill Clinton, deadpans that a spokesperson should "make sure your words would make sense down the road--say, in a day. This was certainly not his forte." Sadly, the minister disappeared just before he had the chance to spin the fall of Baghdad, leaving his viewers no choice but to believe their lying eyes. --By James Poniewozik. Reported by Matthew Cooper/Washington
...highlight of the evening, suited members of the “Compassionate Conservative Authority” approached the audience and asked them, in heavy Southern drawls, to complete questionnaires about their activities. The participants were photographed and invited to spin the wheel on the “Terrorist Slot Machine,” a video pop-up with “Slots for Security.” As the suits clapped and cheered, “Let’s catch a terrorist,” three photographs lined up on the screen—in this game, three...