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...rogue” senator to appeal to voters, and to further himself in the Senate. As a “Democrat-Independent,” he maintains the Democrats’ 51-49 majority, not out of principle but because it affords him a tactical position to wield unwarranted bargaining power. But this “independent” streak is a disguise for his true political orientation. Far from a thoughtful Democrat, he is a former Democrat...
...Berman’s Cassius was the perfect foil to Brutus: energetic and passionate where Brutus was calm and considered. Berman seemed perpetually on the verge of attacking someone, making the character fiery and the play livelier. At one point Cassius and Brutus came to blows, proving that both wield a mean fencing sword...
Jubilant Democrats crowed about big changes to come when they won majorities in the House and Senate last November, and the arena in which they can make the greatest change--at least domestically--is the environment. Part of the reason is the people who will wield the new power...
...authorities forced the magazine to drop the story at the last minute. That Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao were forced to go to such extreme measures to ensure the law wasn't scuppered again this year is a worrying sign that the conservatives still wield substantial influence...
Certainly, many families want alternatives to violent TV. And guess what? They have them and, amazingly, can wield a remote well enough to find them. Family-friendly American Idol is the biggest show on TV. Cable, that font of gore, offers more family and documentary shows than ever were available in the three-channel era. But if politicians simply respected the audience's choices, stopped posturing against theoretical violence and fictional bad guys, they would have to focus on, say, the thornier problems of stopping actual bloodshed in the real world...