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...does in the wake of the controversy over claims in the president's State of the Union address and other pre-war speeches about Iraq's yet-to-materialize weapons of mass destruction and leaks from White House officials about the identity of a CIA operative. Errant spin also undermines White House efforts to insist its account of post-war progress in Iraq is the most accurate one. "At a time when the economy is getting better and our policies are being vindicated," says a White House official, "this kind of stuff is killing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's 'Bannergate' Shuffle | 11/1/2003 | See Source »

Alpert put a positive spin on Cambridge’s new furry visitors...

Author: By Rachel B. Nearnberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rats Caught Squatting in Quincy House | 10/30/2003 | See Source »

Larry Summers has started selling himself as an art lover. If this sudden conversion, coming from a president who has earned a first class Philistine reputation, strikes you as a weak attempt at spin, his glorified talent show last Friday proved that you’re absolutely right...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, | Title: Review: Arts Do Not Prove Summers’ ‘Forte’ | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...poor in this country are the biggest piglets at the mother pig and her nipples,” I was unable to find it—I happened upon “Limbaugh’s Lexicon,” where he unsuccessfully attempts a humorous spin of his hateful dogma. It was in this section that Rush reiterates his notorious phrases and dubs environmentalists “Environmental Wackos,” and pro-choice feminists the “Feminazis”—symbolic of his trademark glossing-over of every substantive issue with harmful...

Author: By Morgan Grice, | Title: Rushing Into Rehab | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...wind] is tough,” said Kang, who finished tied for 14th. “It takes the spin off the ball. [Putts] won’t hold onto the greens as well either...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Golf Hosts First Harvard Invitational | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

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