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...President's advisers insist that the re-election campaign has not begun and that the President will stay above the fray of politics until the last possible moment. But that is simply spin, a transparent effort to keep Bush enthroned as the regal war President for as long as possible. In many ways, the campaign that nearly failed in 2000 has never ended. When Karl Rove, the President's celebrated political strategist, drew up Bush's campaign strategy in 1998, he was thinking ahead not just two years but six, to 2004, because re-election is what defines a successful...
...only cunning wrinkle in this series is the collective hero: a dozen or more supernal types, each bending the laws of physics in a peculiar fashion, each trying not to obstruct the others while implicitly angling for a spin-off series of his or her own. Though this tactic offers a pleasing congestion, it risks piling on--cluttering the narrative with myriad subplots. Singer figures the audience won't mind as long as the actors have the requisite dishiness. As they do. Janssen can look into our minds anytime. Jackman, on the verge of stardom for three years, grows ever...
...21st century's darker technologies, as potentially disruptive and dangerous as nuclear weapons. Nanotechnology is just one of a suite of advances - including biotechnology, genetics and robotics - about which some ethicists, politicians, consumer watchdogs and even a few scientists are concerned. They fear that these developments may have spin-offs so dangerous that, when the genie is out of the bottle, the outcome may be impossible to control. The long-term effects of genetically modified food, gene therapy and even the radiation from mobile phones are just not known, critics argue, so why are we rushing to develop these potentially...
...members runs nearly the full gamut—expect to see bags, as well as balls, clubs, sticks and yo-yos at Arts First. The “Devil Sticks,” performed by Katherine E. Aidala, consist of two small sticks that are used to toss and spin a third longer stick, while the “Diablo,” or Chinese yo-yo, is the specialty of Zachary B. Stone ’03, according to Club President Bradley P. Burns...
...constant pressure of having to break serve caught Riddell off guard. Riddell described Pasenen’s serve as, “real flat and hard, without much spin, and kind of like a baseball closer’s pitch...