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Republicans dominate both houses of the Kansas legislature, but the divide between the party's conservatives and its moderates is so stark that Kansas effectively has three political parties. Sebelius, 57, has deftly exploited that. After a court ordered the state to increase its spending on education by about $150 million this year, she persuaded moderates to join her in a compromise plan to comply with the decision. That deal left conservatives without the votes to push through a constitutional amendment they sought to effectively overrule the court's edict. To get G.O.P. backing for her proposals, she has appointed...
...tense places in all of sports. That locker room is full of guys resentful about being sent down from the majors, guys jaded about being stuck one rung from the top, and guys cocky about making the jump from Single- or Double-A. Our ballpark in particular illustrated the stark difference between major league and minor league—it was 50 years old and desperately in need of remodeling, so old that the visiting team had to dress in a trailer out behind the left-field wall...
...just gotten in a trade. I asked one of the pitchers to point him out for me, since once they removed their uniforms I had a hard time telling them apart. The pitcher pointed, and I turned just in time to lock eyes with the player in question, stark naked...
...especially against incumbents. Nine council incumbents ran for re-election in 2003; all nine won.Winter predicts a similar result this year.“The probable outcome is that all the incumbents will be returned,” he says.And, although Cambridge holds nonpartisan elections, Republicans are at a stark disadvantage in Cambridge. Winters says that a Republican has not claimed a seat on the council in more than three decades.Even the head of Cambridge’s Republican City Committee says he doesn’t hold out much hope for Green.“Given...
...bureaucracy is most prominently personified by Steinemann’s Mahler. Although at times he seems to be just reciting lines, Steinemann succeeds overall in his portrayal of one example of a revolting “follower” of the System. Standing in stark contrast to Mahler’s devilish and truly exasperating persona is Kawaller’s Sophie Scholl, as the flawless angel who works hard to expose Mohr’s sense of humanity...