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...What the election may have shown is that Obama's popularity cannot be transferred. The President had campaigned and raised money for both Corzine and Deeds; Obama had also tried to put the remnants of his own campaign operation to use on their behalf. But many of those who voted for him in 2008, particularly young people and African Americans, stayed home this year. And in the end, both Corzine and Deeds stumbled on their own weaknesses...
...touted a cell phone (a gift, she beamed with an endearing mix of shyness and pride, from her North Korean boyfriend). Cockerell says that up to 50,000 personal cells are rumored to be in use in Pyongyang. There are three models - all Chinese brands - available in local shops and priced roughly between $210 to $280. Locals can use them to arrange meetings at Pyongyang's new and popular fried-chicken restaurant (the colloquial term for fried chicken there is kentucky, and a mixed platter is about $12.50 or the equivalent in euros, which is the preferred foreign currency...
...emissions 10% in 2010, actually cast her ballot for Johnson's rival, Ken Livingstone, in last year's election. But after Johnson's daring rescue, she told the British daily Guardian, "If you find yourself down a dark alleyway and in trouble, I think Boris would be of more use than...
...high school in Tehran. Do you take your students to the "Nest of Spies," as the former embassy is commonly referred to in Iran, to rally and protest? The principal, a man with impeccable revolutionary credentials, did not hesitate in his reply. "Why would we? What would be the use in that?" Instead, he said his staff would take their students to a private garden as a way to build camaraderie and spirit, a kind of Islamic field trip to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. (See a pictorial account of the legacy of Ayatullah Khomeini...
...Where there is injustice, children are told, "protest." It is not by accident that the opposition chants are from the original 1979 Revolution. The holidays, practices, slogans, and iconography that constitute the Islamic Republic of Iran appear to have provided today's green-clad protesters with an arsenal to use against a state that they increasingly see as repeating the mistakes of the regime overthrown three decades...