In Washington D.C. now, for the first time in my life. Some people seem shocked to find that one could get a Ph.D. in political science without stepping foot in D.C., but these people are under the grave misapprehension that political science has anything to do...
I've wondered about this, too. In Seven Ages of Paris, Alistair Horne suggested that Baron Hausmann did a grave aesthetic disservice to Paris in the 1850s. But, as Mr. Trend.
Aspazia: "Next time you meet a "pro-choice" Republican, just remember, they might care about their own choice, but they could give a rat's ass about yours." Indeed, and this goes.
The Royal Navy followed up its outstanding Queen Elizabeth class battleships with five of the "R" class. Royal Sovereign was second of the class, carrying 8 15" guns, displacing 27500 tons, and capable of 21 knots. Royal Sovereign and her sisters were a step down from...
...but someone asked and I suppose it involves the minor "beat" I've carved out for myself, so I should say something.The whole DKos/Jerome Armstrong brouhaha -- the details of which.
Dr. Strangelove: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?Ambassador de Sadesky: It was.
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Drilling Firm Seeks Favor as ExpatriateThe language in the House measure seems innocuous enough. Tucked into the Coast Guard budget bill, it says merely that Section 608 ( c ).
Apparently she's in a lot of trouble. And while officially I still maintain that voting for a third party is stupid given the high stakes involved, and even though I.
Many people I spoke to about seeing the Lourve pretty much said that it wasn't terribly exciting. I guess it's sort of like Citizen Kane; once a reputation reaches a certain point a lot of people are inevitably going to be disappointed. But granting that if...
....baffle them with bullshit.":Apparently there's a simple reason why [corporate] annual reports are hard to read: managers, in many cases, are trying to hide something.The study, Annual Report Readability, Earnings.
Several of the cases recently handed down by the Supreme Court have been interesting more for what they tell us about the future than for the cases themselves. An excellent.