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...elections, perception is everything. A pretty face, a pop-star aura and clichés about welfare, justice, freedom and change are all a candidate needs to lure ecstatic audiences into believing the new messiah has arrived. Form rules over substance, and Obama thrives on it. His charisma obliterates the emptiness of his message. Too bad for Clinton. Her voice is too shrill, her laughter too loud and her tears too easy. Who cares about her profound knowledge of the issues, her long experience with Washington's maze and ways, and her useful insight into the Republicans' bag of tricks...
...factions adopt names imbued with idealism, like the Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance and the United Front for Liberation and Development, but their political goals are ill defined, and their chief concern seems to be maintaining their fiefs against rivals rather than protecting the civilians they claim to represent. Alliances form, only to break again, often for no greater reason than the personal ambitions of their leaders and the inevitable clashes they provoke. "It's like a play," says Azzedine Zerual, a project director with unicef in north Darfur. "'You are my friend today, but you will be my enemy tomorrow...
...Although all surveyed students in the sciences reported receiving some form of stipend while on parental leave, less than 10 percent of those in the humanities could make similar claims...
...paring of freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien and co-captain Dan Nguyen suffered an 8-5 defeat at the hands of Enrique Olivares and Sebastian Serrano. However, Harvard claimed a consolation through the No. 1 combination of senior Ashwin Kumar and junior Sasha Ermakov, the duo continuing its impressive form in doubles with a narrow 8-5 win. Heading into the singles with a one point deficit to overturn, the Crimson faced difficult challenges on all courts. In a competitive contest, only three Harvard players won their first set as the Buccaneers increased the pressure. “East Tennessee State...
...that's a problem, because in Lebanon, politics have a way of turning ugly. The country fought a devastating civil war from 1975 to 1990, mostly along religious lines: Christian vs. Muslim. Today the battle lines are forming once again between, on the one side, Christian and Sunni Muslim groups allied with the U.S.-backed government, and ranged against them, Shi'ite Muslim and Christian groups that form an opposition movement supported by Syria and Iran...