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Then W proceeds to gently thrust his point home: “I am convinced that A) queer activists don’t need rights, they need psychological counseling and B) they’re basically being led by the Devil…giving a victory to an ideology of evil that will probably eventually spawn the Antichrist...
...will be sworn in as Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, along with a freshly minted Cabinet--which means that his lunch-hour escapes on Parliament Hill will probably become rare events. The onetime political outsider whom Canadian voters brought in from the cold of western politics will suddenly be thrust into the very center of the national political scene. And for the first time in a dozen years Canadians will find out what it's like without the Liberal Party in charge...
...celebrate the militant Islamic party's remarkable victory in Palestinian legislative elections and to figure out what in the world to do next. Dozens of meetings like that took place across the West Bank and Gaza Strip and even in Damascus, where Hamas has an office. Hamas leaders--suddenly thrust into the political realm--discussed their new concerns. What are the group's legislative priorities? Should its military commanders assume control of Palestinian security services like the police force? Should Hamas consider negotiations with Israel? "People should realize that we have an essential job: protecting Palestinians from Israeli arrogance...
Earlier this week, the exhausting final club controversy was thrust onto the national stage after Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 severed his ties with the Owl Club. The collective squirming of the eight exclusive clubs’ prospective politicos could be sensed. The senator’s affiliation with the club was questioned late last week by conservatives after Kennedy lambasted Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito for his membership in the conservative group Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP). Though Kennedy’s disassociation with the Owl was likely motivated by political expedience...
...exchange, annihilating both sides. Although this discouraged policy thinkers who imagined that tactical nukes could become battlefield options in small wars, it also opened the way to the world of mutually assured destruction, the lasting stalemate between two massively armed powers that only dared to thrust at each other indirectly, through proxy wars in Southeast Asia, Africa and Central America...