The revolution has been dubbed “The Orange Revolution,” orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government…
BOB SCHAFFERThe recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.
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Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can’t trump bad policy.
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The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
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A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.
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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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Talk about threats to national security — how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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But if you don’t enjoy doing something, you’ll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
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Parents don’t like it, administrators don’t like it, and kids don’t like it, but politicians and bureaucrats in Washington love it–which should be the first indication to you that it is a troubled program.
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Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about it.
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But, you know, they’re glad to see you when you show up to cover the football game. Nobody is ever glad to see a police reporter when he shows up.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It’s part of our culture, like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays – beyond their meaning – a factor in our economy.
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There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.
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When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
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Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.
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But here’s the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can’t. I can’t even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don’t get it.
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