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...version that posits March 2008 as a goal-not a deadline, just a goal-for troop withdrawal. The irony here is that Bush could sign this bill because it gives him implicit authority to revise the withdrawal date toward perpetuity. Signing the bill would not only avoid a damaging political confrontation at home but also please the vast majority of Iraqis, who, according to the polls, want an American timeline for withdrawal. He might even be able to bolster the al-Maliki government, which has lost six Cabinet ministers, followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, who quit-nominally, at least-over...
...coach, player, or administrator in the school’s history. It reverberates in the banner-less (not counting the women’s pennants) rafters of Lavietes Pavilion, it deters fans from making the cross-river trip to the gym, and it causes the best recruits to avoid the Cambridge campus, heading farther south to schools that can offer a potential spot in the March spotlight...
...find his name gracing the top ranks of the leaderboard. The freshman stood in third place at the end of the round after making four birdies and shooting an even-par 72. Though the course presented few challenges, its undulating greens often forced players to work hard to avoid a three-putt. “When you get a downhill putt, it can get away from you, and the high winds kind of amplified the speed of the greens,” Mayer said. Despite calm conditions on Day 1, the average score hovered at 79.53, somewhat high given...
...took 10 minutes. I pleaded guilty and was fined 100 Zimbabwean dollars--at present values, half a U.S. cent. Outside, two men in suits and sunglasses, possibly secret-service agents, watched as I left court. Though the local authorities had let me go, there was no guarantee I would avoid being interrogated again by Mugabe's secret police. I jumped in my rental car and, calculating that the authorities would expect me to head south to South Africa or west to Botswana, drove 373 miles north to Zambia. An hour after nightfall, the road became muddy. It seemed...
...hypocrite as Imus' defenders for suggesting that there is one. Which may be true. That's finally why "Where's the line?" is a misleading question. There are as many lines as there are people. We draw and redraw them by constantly arguing them. This is how we avoid throwing out the brilliance of a Sacha Baron Cohen - who offends us to point out absurdities in our society, not just to make "idiot comments meant to be amusing" - with a shock jock's dirty bathwater. It's a draining, polarizing but necessary process...