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...experience as a former-mayor and governor of Alaska to answer questions posed to her, particularly with regards to energy policy, which she called her “area of expertise.” Palin also hailed her family background and “outsider” status in Washington. “Oh man, it’s so obvious that I’m a Washington outsider and someone who’s so unused to the way you guys operate,” she said. Palin also criticized Obama’s Senate record and his foreign...
...create is ascribed to Andy. It’s an incredibly disfiguring experience.”In the process of researching her uncle’s art and history, Robinson discovered that the Factory was plagued with a “sense of fighting and jockeying for position and status.” Interviews with Williams’s fellow Factory fixtures—John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Brigid Berlin, Paul Morrissey, Billy Name, and others—show the bitterness, gossip, and jealousy that characterized the inner workings of Williams’s world...
...dynamics of the race. If Obama isn't losing, he's winning, and McCain has few chances left to change the game. McCain gamely defends Sarah Palin, but her standing among Republicans and independents has dropped, and her widely watched TV interviews have reduced her to Dan Quayle status as a punch line for late-night comics. As conservatives correctly note, Joe Biden's latest gaffes have been largely ignored; but Palin demands closer evaluation than Biden, who has been in the arena for 36 years. Fueled by stronger polling numbers, Obama has won back his most important advantage...
Haviland’s first two years in crimson and white seemed to seal his status as a sure-fire draft pick when he was ready to leave Harvard. His 2006 sophomore campaign, which earned him Ivy League Pitcher of the Year honors, saw him throw a complete game in each of his five league starts en route to a 0.73 league...
...Agreement, cannot be overestimated. In addition to reversing 34 years of U.S. policy opposing nuclear cooperation with India - a nuclear weapons state that continues to refuse to sign the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - the deal wins acceptance for India's de facto nuclear weapons state status at the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the international cartel that controls trade in nuclear weapons, fuel and technology. That recognition will finally allow India to take part in international nuclear commerce and its scientists to participate in international nuclear research activities. For India, the approval is a ringing endorsement of its increasing weight...