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...Give the voters a cookie. Another Murphyism. People should know what they would get from the candidates if they are elected. Beyond “steely, aggressive resolve in the war on terror,” voters have no idea what they will receive from President Bush except more of the same. Which leaves a huge opening for Kerry to argue, as he (finally) did about two weeks ago, that “a president must be able to do both: defend America and fight for the middle class.” And Kerry offers an array of concrete proposals...
Unlike other HoCo parties, Heaven and Hell, scheduled for this Saturday, is free. Koenig said that Currier loses “hundreds of dollars” each year throwing the party. “We pay for everything except for extra security guards and BAT [Beverage Authorization Team] teams,” Koenig said...
Dustin Long, QB, Sam Houston State—Long got out of the gate strong—except for a four interception performance against Southwestern Missouri State—but since then, he’s been no better than average. Over his past two contests, the 6’3 senior has averaged 16 completions for 231 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He has still managed to hold onto the second spot in passer efficiency rating, but his nine interceptions on the season are tied for the most of any of the top 33 players in that category...
...operations closed down. Several hundred intelligence officers were also detained throughout the country, and businesses under military-intelligence control, including the lucrative black markets on the borders, have been shuttered or taken over by the junta. The power struggle barely registered among average Burmese. Life in Rangoon was normal, except for a slightly higher number of troops on the streets. "Nothing really changed in Burma," says a Western diplomat. "The reforms were only ever cosmetic, and done for an international audience." What Khin Nyunt's arrest really demonstrates is that the only real threat to the junta's survival comes...
Brad Bird felt that tug of loyalties in the '90s when, as a Disney-trained animator who had helped launch The Simpsons, he was trying to get backing for cartoon features he would direct. Except for The Iron Giant, a critically praised fable that didn't do Lion King business, "I was always getting my films on the runway, but I wasn't getting them off the ground," recalls Bird, sitting in the huge playpen that is Pixar headquarters in the San Francisco suburb of Emeryville. "And I wanted so bad to make movies. I also had a family that...