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...explain how the label "the Brat Pack" came from one night many of these stars had on the town with a reporter from New York magazine. Regardless of how it was intended, the actors took it as this kind of negative term. A lot of them were hurt. They felt, understandably, that the moniker was a little offensive or that it summed them up too easily. It had a very sad impact on their personal lives at the time - these actors really were each other's best friends and lovers until that article ran. After, a lot of them told...
...rather be a really good one-term President than a mediocre two-term President...
Appointed in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, Souter came to be regarded as a moderate liberal during his 19-year tenure on the bench. By the middle of his term, Souter frequently voted with liberals on issues including the death penalty, worker rights, and limiting abortion restrictions...
...diagnosed him with Combat Operational Stress Reaction (COSR), an Army term to describe typical and transient reactions to the stresses of warfare. COSR is not a condition recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV, the bible of the psychiatry profession, something the Army is well aware of, since it doesn't even consider COSR an ailment. As one Army journal article puts it, "Those with COSR are not referred to as 'patients,' but are described as having 'normal reactions to an abnormal event.' " Thus Marrs, believing Green's psychological state to be normal, prescribed...
...Commerce Secretary Gary Locke's criticism of Chinese economic policies that favor domestic companies over American and foreign competitors. Said the official Xinhua news agency: "Ironically, the United States is now turning around and accusing China of protecting its domestic companies. Burdened by high unemployment and facing mid-term elections in November, some people in the U.S. are trying to shift public attention from thorny political and economic issues to other countries. However, such irresponsible moves will prove to be unhelpful, and China will not accept being a scapegoat...