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...teenager, he severed his right middle finger slicing meat at Arby's and went swimming in Lake Michigan before getting stitches. After the wound became severly infected, Emanuel had the top of his finger amputated and spent six weeks recovering...
...Finally, the candidate who had promised a civil and elevated debate wound up waging a reckless, spaghetti-on-the-wall character assault - Obama's a vacuous celebrity! A dangerous naif! A friend to terrorists! A closet socialist! - against an opponent whose preternatural poise made McCain's every charge seem desperate. He convinced himself that Obama was dishonorable and unqualified and was persuaded by his aides to believe that the only way to win was to make the Democrat seem unacceptable to voters. As a result, McCain reaped the worst of all worlds: voters saw McCain as both a Bush clone...
Obviously, he wanted to be gracious, he wanted to recognize the historic significance I talked about. He specifically wanted to mention Obama's grandmother. He wanted some line in there saying racial injustice still has the power to wound. And he wanted to call the country to come together...
...around the corner of the block at the Chinese Christian Church at 10th and Spring streets. Easily a hundred people waited in line as a cold, and previously unpredicted, rain began to fall. The precinct was supposed to have only around 1,200 voters on the rolls but wound up this year with more than 4,000. Christy Kam, 26, a dance instructor, waited in line for more than an hour to cast her first-ever vote, only to discover that she was in the wrong place...
...Some of the things that she does, you know, I watch how she plays, and I try to pick out certain things that I wouldn’t be able to do. That’s the biggest thing, because she leads by example.”Ryabkina wound up being an extremely valuable member of the Crimson offense in her rookie season, playing in every game. She finished tied for fourth on the team in points (27, on 10 goals and 17 assists), good enough for 12th in the nation among rookies. She also thrived under the pressure...