Word: stalwarts
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...Faith” may join the pantheon of general education requirements for undergrads, I think I’ve found a great piece of summer reading for incoming freshmen. “The God Delusion” is bound to be provocative, and whether you’re a stalwart Christian or life-long agnostic, this book’s a thinker. As you’re reading, you’ll find yourself fruitlessly (most of the time) trying to think of comebacks against Dawkins’ line of reasoning...
...Adding to Talent's woes is the fact that he's on the losing side of some big political trends. Talent remains a stalwart Bush supporter even as the President's approval ratings in Missouri hover around 40%. In the biggest statewide issue this fall, Talent opposes a proposed state constitutional amendment to keep stem cell research legal in Missouri, even though the amendment enjoys a 62% approval rating according to the most recent St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll. Still, the latest polls, from late August, found Talent and McCaskill locked in a statistical dead heat, with Talent leading...
...easy as it sounds. Neither of the two main defeated candidates are likely to back him. Heloisa Helena, the former PT Senator who polled 6.9%, has never forgiven Lula for throwing her out of the party for being too leftist. And Cristovam Buarque, another disillusioned former PT stalwart who polled 2.6% with a single-issue campaign focused on education, should see his supporters move towards Alckmin...
...Damon's performance is suave and scrupulous; Nicholson has almost too much fun; and in a large, stalwart cast I especially liked Ray Winstone as Frank's ruthless hit man, and Farmiga as the woman two lonely men need to confide in or betray. DiCaprio is the standout. Every second of Billy's life is as a spy behind enemy lines; DiCaprio shows the tension such a man feels, the determination and the grace inside...
...arena in the southern U.S., just before a rodeo is to begin, a genial foreigner strides into the ring to whip up the crowd with stalwart jingoism. May America win the war on terror, he proclaims in his thick Eastern European accent, and hurrahs fill the hall. May your soldiers come home victorious, he adds, to more applause. With an even greater burst of exhilaration, Borat Sagdiyev shouts, "May George Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq!" The audience cheers again...