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...Democratic strategists often make the mistake of assuming that these white, economically downscale voters will automatically make their ballot choices on the basis of class. In fact, many vote on culture. Obama's academic style is much of his problem. For many, Obama reminds them of the Ivy League whiz kids they've dealt with at work during the latest downsizing. They look at him and see another bloodless young achiever coming down from the top floor to fix the ailing machine-tool company. They listen to his polished pitch in the employee cafeteria, and he wins some converts...
...that's the problem with having five faces. There's more than one to choose from. The "secret Muslim" rumors about Obama may be scurrilous, but they survived the sudden fame of Obama's card-carrying Christian pastor. A recent poll found that 12% of Americans believe them...
...questions. Veteran pilot Antonio Luna had returned the plane to the terminal soon after its original 13:20 departure because of a technical malfunction. According to a member of the pilots' syndicate SEPLA, a checklight for the craft's temperature controls came on. A source in Spanair says the problem was fixed, and the plane was again cleared for takeoff a little over an hour later. At 14:45, it crashed...
...would be foolhardy at this point to rule out the checklight [problem] as a contributing factor," says Howard Wheeldon, an aviation expert at BGC Partners. "But it's a fairly common occurrence." Still, the fire that witnesses say they saw coming from the left engine would not, by itself, have been enough to bring down the plane. "Regulations governing all craft ensure that even after losing power in one engine, the plane still has enough power to take off," says Wheeldon...
...think not. The problem with both events, in my mind, is that the girly bits overshadow the athletic parts. Synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics involve such copious amounts of cosmetics that they make a Texas beauty pageant look sedate. Yes, thighs strain with effort, but I'm distracted by the twirling toes and the bleached teeth framed by rictus smiles. And the accoutrements of rhythmic gymnastics - the hoop, the swirling ribbon - divert from the balletic grace of the athletes...