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...most of us also perpetuate that hypocritical axiom of American politics: that the slightest whiff of sexual misconduct means a devastating fall from grace. Of course, the guillotine of public shame is applied quite arbitrarily. Clinton was impeached while his sanctimonious accuser Newt Gingrich cheated on his wife in the cancer ward. Not that this is necessarily a partisan issue, either: Sen. Larry Craig was positively marooned by his Republican Party—presumably because its members find cloacal homosexual activity abominable—while his Louisiana counterpart David Vitter emerged unscathed from an encounter with...
...history--making a strenuous gesture to create the impression that he's summoning a powerful reality, when in fact he's merely toyed with it. All the same, it certainly fits the apocalyptic tenor of this show. When the smoke from all that gunpowder clears, there's still a whiff of brimstone...
...This period has been all Cornell so far. The Crimson can't even get a whiff at Scrivens...
...White House called the law's setbacks "democracy at work." And in some ways, that's right. There is a Civics 101 debate for Iraq's parliament to work through here. But in this case, Abdel-Medhi's veto has a whiff of desperate self-preservation, given how much his party stands to lose when the law passes. Now the law is back to the Iraqi parliament to be revised. It will need a two-thirds majority to pass when lawmakers return from their recess on March 18. While the debate may be contentious and the law's language...
...corridors of the stately old game, however, a whiff of revolution is in the air. For decades a bit player on cricket's stage, India is using its burgeoning financial might to seize the lead role. The latest and most daring move of its cricket authority, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, is forming a new competition, the Indian Premier League (IPL), in which players can rake in more money for a few weeks of work than they'd normally make in years...