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...journalists in the briefing-room chairs are in no mood to give her a pass. Since the invasion there have been hundreds of articles and books dissecting the Washington press corps' handling of the prewar debate. Old pros who thought they were immune to spin are feeling particularly bruised by criticism of their coverage. So when subjects like the possibility of war with Iran arise, the questioning gets aggressive. After a recent story in the New Yorker suggested that Bush is considering an attack on Iran, reporters hammered Perino. Cornered, she repeated, "We are pursuing a diplomatic solution in Iran...
...nickname when I was growing up was Fast-and-Sloppy." Reading and rereading Swamiji's writing is like practicing a musical instrument, Moon says, bringing fresh insights that have changed him. "My ability to work without a break is very different. My ability to not get flustered or to spin out of control is much better." The foot-high piles that used to clutter his office are gone. "I just worked my way through them," he says. The 1,000 unanswered e-mails are also history. "Now when I leave my office, I have between two and 10 e-mails...
...Normally conservative Chinese officials are even indulging in a little spin control. On top of the usual, scarily uniform blanket coverage in the Chinese media, the Congress now has its own website and a large team of media handlers for the foreign press. There is also a spanking new, two-story media center equipped with banks of computers, phone charging outlets and - this being China - plenty of thermoses of hot water. The media office also organized several of the sessions at which delegates discussed the Party's future plans. Two next-generation leaders who are widely touted to be elevated...
...then Noah brings 250 pounds, and you get 260 pounds leading 250.”The Leopards took a 10-7 lead into the second quarter, but Van Niel scored again under two minutes into the frame, taking a handoff two yards for a score with a nifty spin move.Lafayette receiver Kyle Roeder caught a nine-yard touchdown in tight coverage at the back of the endzone on the next drive to give his team a 17-14 lead, and after a Long field goal tied the score with 4:35 to play, a threatening Leopards drive was thwarted...
...guess I could spin this coincidence into a mournful essay on the devolution of movie culture over the past 35 years: how moviemakers have jettisoned subtlety in their attempts to appeal to a teen audience, how shades of gray have been coarsened to simple blacks and whites, how everything then was better than anything now, etc. etc. That alterkocker argument might be made to apply to the Farrelly brothers' dumb-down of the Neil Simon-Elaine May Heartbreak Kid, which I was unkind to last week. But it doesn't work on Sleuth, an art-house effort with more modest...