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...been able to make all three correctly under such intense pressure--but those are the sorts of situations where John is at his best." That is, of course, the party line among John Kerry's friends. He is great when his back is against the wall. He is studious, thorough and engaged when making policy decisions. He is independent to the point of being something of a loner. He takes on tough issues with little political upside--investigating drug running by Nicaraguan contras using CIA planes, investigating money laundering at the corrupt, Abu Dhabi--owned Bank of Credit and Commerce...
...Forget the fixation with getting bodies in orbit or boots in the soil, critics say, and you could fairly blanket other planets with Cassini-quality landers and orbiters and still have billions left over. NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe, not surprisingly, disagrees: "Robotic missions are precursor missions." The most thorough exploration, he says, "requires the unique cognitive skills that only human beings can bring to the equation...
Both Moore and Gibson use ominous, swelling music. Both give us manipulative scenes of mothers grieving over dead sons as the emotive climaxes of their work. Both clean their narratives of anything that might give them depth or complexity. In Gibson's case, this requires removing any thorough treatment of Jesus' message--the whole point of his suffering. With Moore, it's accomplished by omitting critical pieces of evidence or context--Bush's success at decimating al-Qaeda's leadership or the vileness of the police state of Saddam Hussein. These facts might add to your understanding. But they would...
...roots organizations in American politics. Its 1.6 million active supporters and $25 million annual budget ... hold a virtual veto on the Republican nominee for President, and will exert an extraordinary influence over who will occupy the Oval Office beginning in 1997. In fact, Reed's success represents the most thorough penetration of the secular world of American politics by an essentially religious organization in this century...
...This as every year we emphasize the importance of identifying and recruiting a diverse faculty,” he wrote. “We aim every year to hire the most outstanding faculty at every rank, and to ensure that searches are broad and thorough...