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...expected, Republican Congressional leaders have unjustly criticized Obama’s suggestion of reconciliation, declaring that it represents an attempt to subvert the will of the people. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele described reconciliation as “a parliamentary trick??, while Senator Lindsay Graham (R – SC) described the effect of reconciliation as “catastrophic.” The Republican criticisms are highly disingenuous, however; of the 22 times reconciliation has been used since 1980, 17 were by Republicans. Most notably, the measure was used to pass both of President Bush?...
...enough of an indication of Griffin’s progress over the course of this season, then Saturday’s showing against powerhouse Clarkson laid all doubts to rest. Griffin lit the lamp on three separate occasions in the second period, posting her first-ever career hat trick??a natural hat trick, given that her goals came in succession in one period...
...titular “shrew.” The induction, though, establishes the story as a play within a play; a drunkard is subjected to a cruel trick that convinces him he is a lord, and the rest of the play is performed by actors commissioned by the trick??s perpetrator to indulge the drunkard’s fantasy...
...were directed to the side doors of the hotel, where our purses passed through an airport-style X-ray machine; we ourselves were ushered through full-body scanners. Finally clearing all these checks, we at last reached the posh hotel lobby. The layers of security had done the trick??with its designer boutiques and exquisite restaurants, not a hint remained of the dangerous Pakistan that reserves a spot in the daily headlines...
...Tinted Windows is 36 minutes of three-chord power-pop, and one is hard-pressed to find any connection to the textural diversity of “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,” Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 masterwork, or to the sheer energy of Cheap Trick??s “Heaven Tonight.” To be sure, both Fountains of Wayne and Cheap Trick superficially occupied a similar power pop sphere, but a comparison with these bands only serves to better illustrate this album’s deficiencies.Tinted Windows actually opens fairly promisingly...