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...misquote Samuel Johnson, Hillary Clinton attempting to make jokes on television is like a dog trying to walk on its hind legs: really awkward for everyone involved. Since everything Hillary does feels like the result of at least eight focus groups, there must be some reason she has decided to subject the American people to this. Perhaps Huckabee’s exodus from the ring has left the Late-Night Comedy Demographic rudderless and open to suggestion. Yet watching Hillary’s efforts to wangle a laugh out of the American people serves as a reminder of the closest...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Hillaryous! | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...herd sheep in Northwest Ireland at age 16, according to legend. He then experienced angelic visitations that empowered him to escape slavery and guided him to safety. Patrick eventually returned home, but continued to hear angels and the voice of the Irish, which encouraged him to return to walk amongst the Irish once more. After becoming a consecrated bishop, Patrick returned to Ireland and spent the rest of his life bringing Christianity to the region. People in the United States began observing the holiday after massive Irish immigration and the establishment of Irish communities in the early 20th century...

Author: By Teresa M. Cotsirilos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: St. Patrick’s Day Isn’t The Holiday It Once Was | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...Mumbai five-star hotel when Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was inside. "Some would say there is a disconnect between young Tibetans and our political leadership, and that it would help if the Dalai Lama moved toward a sterner position - possibly say China better get serious about the talks or walk out," says Lhadon Thetong, executive director of the New York-based Students for Free Tibet. "Personally, I think all Tibetans minus 10 want independence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Tibet's Leaders Ride the Tiger? | 3/16/2008 | See Source »

...McCain's trips have not always garnered the kind of publicity he may have liked. In early 2007, as the U.S. troop surge was getting underway, he pointed to his trip to a Baghdad market as proof that it was possible to "walk freely" in Baghdad, and that the media was not providing Americans with a full picture of the situation in Iraq. It was soon revealed that McCain had been accompanied on his market trip by two attack helicopters and dozens of American soldiers, calling into question his grasp of the situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraqis Unmoved by McCain Visit | 3/16/2008 | See Source »

...Ahmadinejad UPC. They had been told that in their mosques, or through text messages sent to their mobile phones, or through neighborhood word-of-mouth. At the Lorzadeh Mosque in southern Tehran where President Ahmadinejad cast his ballot, Golbarg Tavakoli, an old lady who could barely walk had come, she said, "to support the UPC and pay tribute to Imam Khomeini through voting - it is because of him that we are no longer servants of the West," she added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Iran's Poll Results Mean | 3/16/2008 | See Source »

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