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...Sensing the need for some spin control, Pelosi's aides spent the better part of the last few days trying to play down the significance of her support for Murtha. Other Democrats said she wasn't really backing him, just giving a token nod to an old friend and mentor who had helped her rise to her current lofty position...
...change in rules isn't quite as groundbreaking as Beijing's spin suggests. Prior to 1983, all death sentences in China had been reviewed by the country's highest court. This requirement is clearly stipulated in both China's Criminal Law and its Criminal Procedure Law. In 1983 as part of a campaign to "strike hard" against crime, a different law - with lower authority in China's legislative hierarchy - was invoked to hand off the review of death penalty cases to provincial courts. The idea was that this would expedite death sentencing and curb crime. Legal scholars and death penalty...
...package was missing some of the less appealing traits Hartman had originally included ("There are many things I need to be taught, which means you had better have the patience to teach me what you want me to learn"). Consultants usually spin such flaws positively: Hartman's profile now says, "Learning new things is a passion!" As for me, according to my 360Reach feedback, I'm seen as "a bit self-righteous" and "too judgmental," but, says Arruda, that would be useful if I wanted to be a columnist: "You would put your portfolio together of all the articles...
...case is a spin-off of a probe that has already led to charges under the Espionage Act against two AIPAC lobbyists, whose case is still pending, and to a 12-and-a-half-year prison sentence for former Defense Intelligence Agency official Lawrence A. Franklin. Franklin pleaded guilty a year ago to three felony counts involving improper disclosure and handling of classified information about the Middle East and terrorism to the two lobbyists, who in turn are accused of passing it on to a journalist and a foreign government, widely believed to be Israel. The two lobbyists, who have...
...people I knew who would be good in roles. The play centers on Lady Windermere, a Victorian woman who leads a perfect life until receiving some unexpected news from a neighbor. Though Ritchie’s play is not an adaptation, she does put a spin on the time period, changing the setting from the 1800s to the late 1950s. A lot of the ideals in the play focus on being the perfect housewife and having the perfect reputation, which are very applicable to the late 1950s and early 1960s. I think that time period is very recognizable to people...