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However, a skating pair also caused some controversy this year when they chose to act out a Mongolian tale in which a khan wields a whip while chasing his concubine...
Sponsor Mary Godwyn said that during the performance "he was beating her with the whip while she begs for mercy...
Godwyn had assumed that the pair was going to perform a different routine or perhaps give a disclaimer to their routine the next night. The routine was altered so that the whip was omitted, although the pair still included a portrayal of some physical abuse in their routine...
Shepard said he and Mishkutionok were not at all offended when they were asked to remove the whip from the routine...
...deliver a State of the Union response and a frequently mentioned candidate for Vice President. Her state is flying high, with unemployment at a seven-year low and welfare rolls cut 31%. And she is good on the stump: parents constantly push squirming children into her arms and whip out Instamatics to record the moment for posterity. But despite it all, Whitman's bid for re-election is fast shaping up as the cakewalk that wasn't. Her favorable ratings have dipped below 50%, a traditional red flag for an incumbent, and recent polls are declaring the race too close...