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...nice-looking guy," Biden said, apparently oblivious to his implied slur of previous African-American politicians. Although Obama brushed aside the comment, other prominent African-Americans and much of the Washington political class came down hard on Biden. He apologized and Obama accepted, but Biden never gained traction, and dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, a year later...
...this case, that the Gabriel tablet does indicate a very rare instance of the idea that a messiah might suffer - a notion introduced in Judaic thought centuries before by the prophet Isaiah but which supposedly went out of style by Jesus' time. If that more modest theory gains traction, it will forge a link between a trend in first-century Judaism and one of Christianity's galvanizing thoughts - that God might throw in his lot with a suffering or even murdered man - that could contribute to a growing mutual understanding...
...steal its business secrets (while eBay maintains that Craigslist unlawfully diluted its shares) - but throughout the $15 billion market for online classifieds. Even as lesser rivals fall by the wayside - Microsoft's Windows Live Expo is shuttering on July 31 - newcomers such as Kijiji and Oodle are gaining real traction. Better designed and marketed, these upstarts are reshaping a long-stagnant sector of the web. Meanwhile, the entire online classified market category has surged some 35% over the past year, as more sellers post ads online and more cash-strapped buyers hunt for bargains there...
...says Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist CEO. Buckmaster says that the company is less concerned with competition and growing marketshare than it is with serving its existing users. "We're simply trying to follow through on feedback received from our users," he adds. As sites like Kijiji and Oodle gain traction, and even unlikely entrants like MySpace and Facebook join the fray with their own listings, more users may notice what they're missing - and demand an upgrade...
...clear edge in the polls, and that efforts to re-brand McCain—who nearly left the Republican party several years ago and has an extensive record of introducing bipartisan legislation—as “George W. Bush 2.0” have gained no traction. Bolstering the ticket with the candidate who gained the support of the demographic segments that stubbornly eluded Obama in the primaries will almost certainly be a positive in November...