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...last month. McCain seemed willing to forget the bitter and personal struggle he lost to Bush for the Republican nomination in 2000, saying, “I hope that he will campaign for me as much as is in keeping with his busy schedule.” While this remark does not show any false fondness from McCain towards Bush, it still reflects a tacit acceptance of Bush’s support, a surprising action from such a “straight talker.” In his efforts to gain the presidency, McCain has thus been conscious...
...Sure Thing.” 4. Whenever John Cusack says a pickup line that makes you cringe. For example: “How would you like to have a sexual experience so intense it could conceivably change your political views?” 5. For every remark about ugly, uptight New England college students. This shot can be in defiance or in agreement. 6. Whenever John Cusack is drinking a beer. Two if he’s having it for breakfast. 7. For every man in embarrassingly short shorts. 8. Every time a character repeats a line from earlier...
...reporter, "you're only allowed five questions." Conversely, when asked if either or both of his congressional travel mates might also happen to be potential running mates, McCain paused briefly as a snappy answer visibly lit up his face - then fade. "I was going to make a funny remark," McCain said, almost as if he foresaw a YouTube loop in his head. "But it seems like you're not supposed to do that anymore...
...moves enacted by AKP municipalities that appear motivated by Islamic belief, such as banning alcohol sales in certain neighborhoods and providing segregated buses for female students. It also lists many references to the Prime Minister's recent drive to lift the ban on headscarves in universities, including his controversial remark that "If the headscarf is a political symbol, then so be it". (Secularists' biggest concern is that the headscarf is in fact such a symbol, and that allowing it on campuses will foment an "us vs. them" mentality...
...book called Human Smoke (Simon & Schuster; 566 pages), an experiment in retelling the story of World War II using only brief anecdotes and snippets of primary sources--quotations, diaries, speeches, newspaper articles--placed in chronological order with a minimum of historical commentary. Human Smoke begins, for example, with a remark made by Alfred Nobel in August 1892: "On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops." The dramatic irony is rich...