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...David Cameron: It's a permanent matter that you have to make a judgement about and be reasonable about. Obviously in politics people want to have a look at you and understand who you are and what makes you tick and what sort of person you are. That's natural and important but you should also be entitled to some privacy. You're trying to set a reasonable set of boundaries that the press can respect and that's something you have to learn as you go along...
TIME finally figured out who is important. It's not the pundits from the press, cable or radio freak shows, not the politicians or bureaucrats, not even the business fat cats who influence the politicians. It's us--the taxpayers, consumers, employees and workers--who make this country tick. Wake up, America! You are in control. So take advantage...
...site's dual-grading system. The first rates a hotel's overall standards, the second grades commitment to the community - be it through hiring practices or energy conservation. But best of all, the site gives deserving operators a heftier online presence - and that should get every traveler's tick of approval...
Maybe it's just the Election Day jitters of a political class that has had too much caffeine and not enough sleep, but as the final hours tick down before polls start closing across the country, the biggest private worry among Democratic operatives is about their prospects in one of the bluest of blue states: Maryland. That's ironic in a year that has been so bad for Republicans almost everywhere else. But where most of the other key Senate races appear to be trending the Democrats' way, key officials say a last-minute surge by Maryland's Republican...
...characters farther from reality into stereotype.When Callie seeks revenge on the romantically aloof George in Mark’s bed, their spontaneous coupling seems completely out of character because from their late entrances into the show, Rhimes hasn’t explained what makes either Callie or Mark tick. I don’t know if David would say that “Seinfeld” had a social conscience, but I do know—thanks to their unintentionally ironic blog, Grey Matter—that the writers of “Grey’s Anatomy?...