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...part of the mildly apathetic global Gen X brigade, but like many an urban Turk, I was raised on a solid diet of modernist mantras. The secular zeal of Turkey's nation-builders runs in my blood. As an air force pilot, my grandfather fought alongside Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey's founder, in the country's war for independence. After it was won in 1923, his job was to help build Turkey's first fleet of biplanes. My grandmother was what's called an "Ataturk girl" - like many others, she was put on a train to Germany...
That's a message the tireless Harberg--who could probably power Texas Stadium if you plugged him into the grid--spreads with zeal. He hosts a weekly radio call-in show and was recently on the TV show Good Morning Texas touting the benefits of an indoor air-quality monitor. "You're saving people money and saving the earth at the same time," he says excitedly. As business plans go, that's an awfully good...
...That's the kind of talk that strikes terror in the hearts of many Republicans and makes them worry that McCain might lack the fire to attack his Democratic rival or, if he won the White House, might abandon the bedrock values of the G.O.P. in his zeal to make deals with Democrats. If McCain loses Florida, and the nomination, it will be because Republicans can't overcome their doubts about him - and because McCain isn't willing to make it easy for them...
...classmates to caucus at home - signing them up through "Rock the Caucus" on Facebook - and is working to find them all home precincts to go to during vacation. Though all of Harrington's classmates are Iowans, Obama's campaign has gotten into some trouble in their zeal to rally the college vote: campaign workers passed out some 50,000 fliers encouraging students from out of state to return to campus early to participate in the caucuses. While strictly legal - since they are technically residents of Iowa - it goes against the spirit of the caucuses, and Obama has been roundly criticized...
...part of what you have as a gift for the world. Then how can you commit Guantanamo Bay? Take back your country.” The crowd at yesterday’s talk appreciated Tutu’s message. “He’s incredible. The zeal, the way he speaks—he could sell toilet paper and you’d want to buy it,” Libby A. Cunningham, a student at the Harvard School of Public Health, said. “He was just so affable, he addressed the management of world affairs...