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We delve deeper into the heart of the campus, gradually approaching the turkey’s territory. To our surprise and disappointment, the turkey isn’t there. We go around the campus again—maybe the rain had forced it to hide. Around and around we walk...
The Lowdown: For anyone who's followed the news closely over the last eight years, or looked into the history of our 43rd president, there are no real revelations to be found in W. But what may surprise both Bush experts and newcomers alike is the breadth of sources used...
So it was more than a surprise when Khartoum announced last week that it had, in fact, been holding Ali Kushayb for several months and that he would be put on trial. "The timing of this particular claim about an arrest is certainly interesting," says Christopher Hall, head of Amnesty...
That, too, was in part to maintain the element of surprise - another bit of the old general's doctrine at work.
So it was perhaps no surprise that the Al Smith Dinner, which gives candidates the chance to hobnob with Catholic opinion leaders just weeks before an election, became what Theodore White called "a ritual of American politics." John Kennedy and Richard Nixon were the first contenders for the White House...