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...what advisers call the "Straight Talk Express," a time when groups of three or four reporters head to the front of the plane, or the back of the bus, for open-ended interviews. The technique exposes McCain to danger. His December admission that "economics is not something I've understood as well as I should" came during one such back of the bus session. But McCain's staff thinks its worth the risk, that by earning the understanding and admiration of reporters they can make Obama seem distant by comparison. Meanwhile, McCain adviser Mark Salter has adopted a traditional...
...with a turn of dry wit that undermines that image, Mr Cowen insists that he's only ever understood the name to stand for Big Intelligent Fella From Offaly. He's now got the chance to prove his version is right...
...fulfill his big ambitions, Fini understood in the early 1990s that he had to distance himself from his past. Eventually, he came to believe that the shortest path from marginal Mussolini nostalgic to mainstream political power was unwavering support for the state of Israel. The decisive moment came when Fini traveled to Israel in November 2003, declaring his affection for the Jewish state and his "shame" for Italy's racial laws under fascism. The following year, Silvio Berlusconi made him foreign minister, where the longtime leader of the National Alliance party stood out amongst his European partners...
Randall said that her refusal to distill physics into easily understood soundbytes prompted some to call her book “difficult” and criticize her for not being as accessible as they had expected...
...General David Petraeus' testimony before Congress reiterated what many military and political experts have been saying for several years: a military victory in Iraq is not possible, and because the political environment is so fractured by sectarian differences, a political victory remains questionable [April 21]. The Bush Administration never understood the culture and did not study the history of the Middle East. An occupation led by what is basically a Christian army often ends in disaster. It is time for the U.S. to withdraw and let the Iraqis settle their sectarian differences without outside interference. Joseph Rizzuto, Los Gatos, Calif...