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Likewise, Pandey is no mere invention. "In the 1990s, I read a newspaper article about a tailor in Calcutta who stood for every election," Saraf recalls. "He always lost but considered it his duty to run. I wondered, What if he won? There are a number of films, like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, in which a golden-hearted fool has an awkward brush with the levers of government. Those films usually end with a warm and fuzzy feeling. Obviously, I do not hold Indian democracy to such high standards...
...began as a day like any other. In the City of Boston, adults went to work, children went to school, lovers fell in love, and haters stood at a respectable distance from each other. Then, on that clear, bright morning, the enemy struck—not terrorists, but that other enemy: entrepreneurs. These thugs and assassins, who mercilessly engage in self-described “guerilla advertising,” deliberately planted—in the coldest of blood—lighted devices around our fair city. Their plan? To forever change our way of life by inducing...
...career.She notched 18 points to lead all players and grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds to pace the Crimson’s Ivy road win. And to top it off, Moretzsohn also dropped eight of her 18 points over the final three minutes of the second period.Her singular performance stood in stark contrast to the player who stepped onto the court only one day earlier. Against Columbia, Moretzsohn, put up only six points but managed to lead the team with two blocks and added one steal to finish the night with only 14 minutes of action. Defensively, the sophomore...
...Edward "Shy" Meyer or Eric Shinseki - and his performance in his confirmation hearing last week was at times underwhelming. But Casey isn't in trouble with Democrats for his lack of finesse; he's in trouble for having too much. Some Democrats think he should have stood up months ago and proclaimed Iraq policy a disaster. They say he should have stepped out of the chain of command and said what no general in the service has said since Shinseki was bounced out a few years ago: that the civilians at the White House and the Pentagon were driving...
...Opposition political parties were quick to turn the gaffe into a weapon against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, calling for Yanagisawa's resignation. The minister apologized repeatedly but has refused to resign, and so far Abe has stood behind him - calculating that he can't afford to lose a second cabinet minister just four months into his first term. (Genichiro Sata, minister of administrative reforms, resigned in December over a political funding scandal...