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...pull out of Iraq quickly and leave behind a failed state like Lebanon in the ’80s and Afghanistan in the ’90s, it will become a new haven for transnational terrorists,” Nye said. “And they won’t wait for us to come get them. They’ll come get us over here...
...impressed by his tone—he didn’t sound too uptight,” Y. Edo Paz ’05 said. “He succeeded in having a truly personal demeanor.... I was impressed that he was able to pull off the most impressive speech of the convention after the great speeches of [former president Bill] Clinton on Monday and [Illinois senatorial candidate Barack] Obama on Tuesday...
...light sticking rusty hooks through not-pinned-into-place worms and now face the prospect of starting a fire in the dark, unless I can get the kerosene lamp started. (Booker had given me a demonstration about how to use it. “You see? Vis and you pull vis and turn vis. Eezy. Got it?” I didn’t at all, but was too scared to ask questions, and at this point I hadn’t even almost killed his dog yet.) After several futile attempts I finally remembered the candles and contented...
What’s even worse, Lebanon is a society that rewards those with wasta, which literally means “connections” but encompasses everything that can be used to pull strings, including outrageous bribes, in everything from getting into college to finding a job to starting a business. It is not surprising that so many Lebanese want...
Obama seemed the only speaker who was able to pull off what the Dems were aiming for with any success. Deftly modulating his style from high to low, common-sense talk to vaulted preaching, big-picture issues to personal journey, Obama knew how to avoid being another caged animal in a superficial circus: He was the circus, jumping from topic to topic and mood to mood so swiftly that the audience had no choice but to come along for the ride. This was unabashed politics, genuine and forceful, and the contrast with the night’s other speakers...