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...calling her Christian opponent "godless." They also defeated some impressive Republicans who could have helped lead the party out of the wilderness, like moderate Congressman Christopher Shays of Connecticut, conservative Senator John Sununu of New Hampshire and pragmatic Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory, who had hoped to swim upstream into the governor's office. (See pictures of 60 years of election-night drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For the Republicans, It Could Have Been Worse | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...husband is eaten by a spiny fish after the two duel in a maelstrom (conveyed by hands with cut-out lighting bolts attached). All the while, Feist gasps out soft narrative lyrics interspersed with an eerie harmony. After her husband is swallowed, the wife dons a retro-science fiction swim apparatus to search for him. Although the ending is ambiguous, the candle that has lit the scene is blown out in its final moments, so I wouldn’t hold out too much hope for the couple’s future together. While the frequent close...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Feist | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...will meet again in Washington on Nov. 15 to discuss how to reform the world's financial system. "We are living in unprecedented times and we need unprecedented levels of global coordination," European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said in Beijing on Thursday. "It's very simple. We swim together or we sink together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Markets Plunge Again in Asia, Europe | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...winning joke is from a 12-year-old Northern Cheyenne boy: "Three men are riding in a pickup--two in the cab, one in back. The truck falls into the river. The two men open their doors and swim out but can't find the third man. Finally, he comes up. 'What took you so long?' they ask. 'I couldn't open the tailgate,' he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Chief Dull Knife College | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...lived a block from Obama. "He was so much bigger than the rest of us." So they decided to haze him. One day a group of children ambushed him, carried him to the local watering hole and threw him in. They had no idea if he could swim. But when Obama came to the surface, he was laughing. He could have broken free and crushed them anytime he wanted, but it was much better to play it cool, ride it out and make friends with his adversaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Temperament Factor: Who's Best Suited to the Job? | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

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