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...with Sarkozy's presidential run surging, Chirac threw his weight behind de Villepin as the right's candidate to retain the Elysée, eventually appointing his Dauphin as Prime Minister to enhance his chances. The question now before the court in Paris is whether that passionate anti-Sarkozy drive went so far as using illicit dirty tricks. (See the top 10 political sex scandals...
...Still, there may be more to this tale than the electoral cycle. The longer-term forces go back to the late 19th century, when industrialization threw up reformist parties of the left everywhere. Their natural clientele was a rising industrial proletariat; their natural program was the welfare state and income redistribution. But those days in Europe are gone. The milieu of such parties is evaporating, and that is why even in this economic crisis, social democratic parties are not scoring with more spending, taxes and goodies. Where is the working class in Britain, the first industrialized nation, where manufacturing contributes...
...True, athletes have overstepped the bounds for as long as games have been played: U.S. runner Fred Lorz hitched a ride in a car to win the 1904 Olympic marathon in St Louis; it's 90 years since a handful of Chicago White Sox players threw baseball's World Series. But in hard times, many sports have a history of showing the way. One of the reasons we follow teams is for the neat shot at resolution it can provide. Whatever else you may be struggling with in your life, watching your team fight another fairly and by the same...
...Luft as a slot receiver, which he’s usually not. But it worked out good for us because it kept the safety in. He was kind of keying on Luft. The corner was peeking inside and Lorditch just ran by him. I saw him and just threw it up to him.”And though the Crimson defense contained Randolph for the rest of the game, Harvard was unable to capitalize on its final drive. After two short run gains, Winters was sent scrambling out of the pocket. Not finding an open man, the quarterback...
...mixed bag. It includes both a couple of Muse’s best songs, and a couple of their worst. As an album, it flows neither thematically nor musically. In fact, it sounds a little like Muse took their nine favorite songs from the recording session, threw them together in no particular order and called it a day. “Uprising,” “Undisclosed Desires” and “Exogenesis Symphony” alone might make a five-star EP—just don’t be surprised if you find yourself...