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...Republicans say they haven't seen any downside yet to opposing reform. Brown actually stepped into Obama's populist trap by opposing the bank tax, and it didn't seem to help his opponent, Martha Coakley, even though internal polling gave her a 21-point advantage when it came to "taking on Wall Street." Why? "People thought Democrats in Washington would not deliver on these issues," says her pollster, Celinda Lake...
...year.) Yet these women have been caged by the expectations of voracious publishers and readers. Their escape methods are different - Powell appears to be chewing her own leg off, Gilbert gently boring her captors into letting her go - but it's hard not to empathize with someone in a trap, even one built on success...
...Colonials jumped out to an early 11-2 advantage, using their pressure defense to force Crimson turnovers early on. Alternating between full court pressure and a three-quarter-court trap, George Washington forced four turnovers on Harvard’s first six possessions...
...Initially we didn’t respond very well,” Amaker said. “They definitely are quick; they trap and get up in you and try to turn you over and speed...
...values that are part of our Republican patrimony to the National Front," Besson told RTL radio in defending the debates last month. The sharp-tongued Besson has slapped down his leftist detractors with mockery and insults, and even dismissed the growing criticism from the right as "café clap-trap." In doing so, he has not only shown the same defiant pugnacity that has become his boss's trademark, but has also become Sarkozy's most effective political operative handling an explosive issue. "Once he bolted the Socialist Party, Besson's very political existence depended not only on joining Sarkozy...