Word: hallelujahs
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...shows. Not so. The conventions have declined into predictable TV shows and shameless off-camera fund-raising orgies. So last week there was one Republican Convention on the big stage, where the newly domesticated party leaders felt your pain and the gospel choirs whooped. But the real sounds of Hallelujah! were going on at the other convention. That one took place all around town at the lobster-and-champagne galas corporate donors gave for their favorite members of Congress and the Republicans gave right back to thank their major contributors, long and hard, before shaking them down again...
...Hallelujah! Crude oil futures were sliding fast Wednesday in the wake of Saudi Arabia's near-unilateral promise to pump an extra 500,000 barrels a day into the world market. By midday Wednesday, the benchmark London Brent blend had dipped below $30 a barrel and seemed well on its way to the long-term $25 target that the Saudis say they're aiming for - a price that could shave 20 cents a gallon off nationwide prices at U.S. pumps...
...McCain gave the speech, his devoted aides could hear the Hallelujah Chorus. "It may be the biggest moment of the campaign," says Salter. "It just felt right." Aides hugged on the spot. They high-fived each other. Political director John Weaver had tears in his eyes. "It's confrontational politics that have worked for us," says campaign manager Rick Davis, "and we had to put a little drama into the campaign. We need to get people excited. If they don't get excited, they don't come out. And if they don't come out, we lose...
...crowd of more than 200 seemed enthusiastic during Jackson's lecture. Shouts of "amen" and "hallelujah" were accompanied by bursts of applause...
...Rudenstine beating the president of Yale over the head with Moby Dick and declaring, "Kick the crap out of learning!" Did we really need this? Was there anyone at Harvard unaware that its libraries existed? Harvard's hope must have been that some kid in Stoughton would say, "Well, Hallelujah! I can stop writing all my papers using only the Encyclopedia Britannica and Little House on the Prairie...