Word: stormings
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...warring factions' preconceptions. For conservatives, the demon was a snobby, radical media-entertainment industry; for liberals, an overreaching, freedom-averse ruling party. ("Right-wing thought police declare Reagan, like dissent, off-limits," cried People for the American Way, as if this would lead inevitably to storm troopers forcing audiences to watch Fox News at gunpoint...
There is a grand, bipartisan New Hampshire tradition of truth-telling Jeremiahs taking the state by storm, from Estes Kefauver in 1952 to John McCain in 2000, but Lieberman seems to be a classic case of honor without profit. For one thing, Howard Dean locked up the maverick vote with his timely opposition to the war. For another, Lieberman's belief that removing Saddam Hussein would start a benign chain of events in the region seems imprudent now, given the deteriorating situation on the ground in Iraq. But there's something else about Lieberman--a sweet, soft, caramel quality--that...
Skirting a storm of criticism, Gephardt attempted to remain glib...
...traditionally separating business from politics in his country. "This is the first time a major businessman has officially entered politics in India," says P.S. Jayaramu, a professor of political science at Bangalore University. For many, Mallya could be the welcome harbinger of a new kind of reformer ready to storm Indian politics with private wealth and a pledge to clean up a corrupt system. For many others, though, his campaign is remarkable for one reason only: comic relief...
...control the world by proxy." Instead of backing down, Mahathir hit back at his critics, telling reporters that the storm of complaints simply proved his point that "arrogant" Jews did indeed control the world. Don't expect retirement to mellow the man. Mahathir had a warning for his detractors at his last press conference before handing power to Abdullah Ahmad Badawi: after he stepped down, the world could expect him to be "even be more irresponsible ? not being the Prime Minister, people won't take notice of what I say, so I'll be more free to say nasty things...