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With Daniel Patrick Moynihan's death, Washington lost another member of an all but extinct breed: the politician as unapologetic intellectual. The former New York Senator, who died Wednesday at 76 from complications arising from a burst appendix, was known for his sharp wit and his nimble mind. He was also known for his refusal to toe to the party line. As such, he was occasionally a thorn in the side of both parties, frustrating liberals and conservatives alike. He defied easy categorization, and brought an academic sensibility to a town better known for its sensationalism...
...somebody who understood Joe Walsh-style baseball and played it well,” Habib said. “He was a solid contact hitter, very versatile defensively and also had a sharp, biting kind of wit...
...jail himself. The gangland-style assassination - Djindjic was gunned down by sniper fire in broad daylight - recalled both the reign of terror that seized Serbia in the final years of Milosevic's rule and the chaos and dread that many Serbs had hoped was behind them. Known for his wit, energy and commitment to pro-Western reforms, Djindjic was on a campaign to stamp out organized crime within the state security forces and society as a whole - and it may have cost him his life. According to one senior government official, he was set to sign the warrant for Lukovic...
...trip to Greece. Who cares? Not his army of readers. To them, Douglas Adams is now free from the pressures of editors, agents and accountants (one of whom stole $500,000 from him before committing suicide), free from the burden of deadlines, free to roam the galaxy - wit unsheathed, pan-galactic gargle blaster at his elbow...
...threat posed by the intersection of rogue regimes, terrorists and deadly technology. He knows that a campaign to depose Saddam would not be an isolated war; rather, it would be another front in the larger war to eradicate Islamic terrorism and its state sponsors. Delivered with his customary biting wit and hilarious pop-culture analogies, Miller’s recent remarks have been a breath of fresh air amidst a whirling storm of left-wing celebrity propaganda theories...