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...Charles Krauthammer (not exactly a flaming liberal himself) wrote, "[Buchanan's] technique is to convey raw prejudice to his followers, who understand his code, than go on respectable media [and now to Harvard], smile and pretend he never meant it. His trademark is the wink. The wink is interpreted by his friends in mainstream media as 'I'm fooling the mob.' It is understood by the mob as 'I'm fooling the pointy-heads...
...medical establishment may wink at false claims, but the insurance industry is less amused: it says about 10% of all money spent on health care last year, or $100 billion, was lost to fraud. The cost gets passed on to other consumers, the industry says, in higher premiums. The end result of the false claims submitted by some financially strapped people, says Kathleen Fyffe of the Health Insurance Association of America, is that other financially strapped people cannot afford insurance...
Neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates appear to have lost as much as a wink of sleep over the million or more deaths caused by the Iraqi embargo. Bush and McCain both support enforcement of the sanctions, and McCain even openly demands the overthrow of Saddam's regime. One can only wonder how Bush and McCain can display such callous attitudes toward such blatant misinformation and destruction of innocent human life...
...lights won't wink out without a fight. Homeowners view brightly lighted streets as a crime deterrent and tend to feel more secure when their property shines like a Hollywood stage set. And business owners who pump a lot of money into outdoor signage insist that increased wattage is frequently all that sets them apart from the competition...
...tour of the firm's network operations center. As Case walked Levin through the NORAD-like setup, he couldn't resist a dig. "How many simultaneous users did we have last night?" he shouted to one techie. "One point five million," came the answer. Case: "Hey, that beats CNN." Wink. Case explained to Levin how--and why--AOL's networks are built to be faster than regular Internet service providers. "How do you do that?" Levin asked. "Caching and peering," a techie answered. "What's that?" Levin asked about peering. Case explained how the service has direct ties into...