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...Germany were too puny to stop the war itself. Their fabled "axis" has begun to creak; unlike French President Jacques Chirac, Schröder carefully refrained from pressuring Bush for a speedy handover of authority to the Iraqis. Schröder must have realized that it was not so wise to remain inside Chirac's pocket. The months Schröder spent in there helped radicalize French policy and alienate Washington, Germany's trustiest ally for a half-century. Generally, all Europeans are resisting Schadenfreude for a simple reason: it is in nobody's interest that the U.S. should fail...
...Dartboard’s part for the slick-haired sap, but because doing so would transform the governorship into a game of Russian roulette. If the governor can be tossed out in the street at any moment due to factors he cannot control, there will be no persuading any wise and prudent leader to run in the first place. Film actors and smut peddlers may be the kind of star candidates Californians will have to get used...
...Virginia game [last Sunday] was the best we’ve played all year, effort-wise and soccer-wise,” Barber said. “We know the level we can play...
...group of this nature came back with such a result, it would be very compelling, and I would be wise to take heed of that. I would not change my position on the death penalty,” Romney said...
...brilliant for her age and wise beyond her years, but not as wise as she hoped to seem—certainly not as wise as the 54–year-old Bill Clinton, from whose Thanksgiving speech she lifted a whole paragraph—without thanks or even acknowledgement—for an op-ed she submitted to her local newspaper...