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February 8, 2010
Bid to bring healthcare bill in from the cold
...delay, which most observers say was the biggest strategic mistake of the whole odyssey, culminated in the wave of “town hall” protests in which a centrist bill was somehow allowed to be depicted as extremist. “I don’t really understand why the...is in spite of the fact that the Democratic caucus is 59-strong. Democratic disunity is also visible in the House, where Nancy Pelosi, the speaker, is understood to be increasingly frustrated with Mr Obama’s “reluctance to get down and dirty... By Edward Luce in Washington
February 9, 2010
Bid to bring healthcare bill in from the cold
...delay, which most observers say was the biggest strategic mistake of the whole odyssey, culminated in the wave of "town hall" protests in which a centrist bill was somehow allowed to be depicted as extremist."I don't really understand why the...in spite of the fact that the Democratic caucus is 59-strong.Democratic disunity is also visible in the House, where Nancy Pelosi, the speaker, is understood to be increasingly frustrated with Mr Obama's "reluctance to get down and dirty in... By Edward Luce in Washington
January 7, 2010
Tales of excess and adversity
...audiovisual culture. From one direction comes the music - "Billericay Dickie" and the like blasted out in Dury's punk music-hall fashion - while from the other three come the echt-Brecht narrative boldnesses (Dury's youth and childhood done as stylised...willingness of Hollywood's best actress to slough inhibitions like Salome's veils. This age-defying rom-com from Nancy Meyers ( Something's Gotta Give ) casts Streep as a divorcee hopping in and out of bed with ex-spouse Alec Baldwin, a... By Nigel Andrews
January 7, 2010
Film releases: January 8
...culture. From one direction comes the music – “Billericay Dickie” and the like blasted out in Dury’s punk music-hall fashion – while from the other three come the echt-Brecht narrative boldnesses (Dury’s youth and childhood done as stylised...willingness of Hollywood’s best actress to slough inhibitions like Salome’s veils. This age-defying rom-com from Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give) casts Streep as a divorcee hopping in and out of bed with ex-spouse Alec Baldwin... By Nigel Andrews
June 25, 2009
NY Philharmonic/ Maazel, Avery Fisher Hall
...with the Staatskapelle Berlin at Carnegie Hall last month. When the quasi-beatification...seat in the eighth row. Avery Fisher Hall, never celebrated for sonic clarity...brilliance unmatched by her motley colleagues (Nancy Gustafson, Nancy Maultsby, Mary Phillips, Jeanine De... By Martin Bernheimer
October 8, 2009
Bachmann voices ire at 'Bail-out Nation'
...rising star of the Republican party. Ms Bachmann, a second-term congresswoman, who played a prominent role in the "town hall" agitations against Mr Obama's healthcare reforms, made her comments against the backdrop of sharply falling support for...Ms Palin's book Going Rogue hit number one on Amazon's bestseller list last week, a month before release. "What did Nancy Pelosi's [Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives] book sell in the first week?" she asked. "Two thousand... By Edward Luce and Tom Braithwaite in Washington
August 13, 2009
Obama on drive to tackle healthcare rage
...most of his presidency. Mr Obama will tomorrow hold a town hall meeting in the Rocky Mountain state of Montana and on Saturday...said Mr Specter yesterday after another high-octane town hall event the previous day. "I don't understand this rudeness...frustrated and they don't trust government," she told MSNBC. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, has dismissed... By Edward Luce in Washington
August 12, 2009
Obama on drive to tackle healthcare rage
...most of his presidency. Mr Obama will on Friday hold a town hall meeting in the Rocky Mountain state of Montana and on Saturday...said Mr Specter on Wednesday after another high-octane town hall event the previous day. “I don’t understand this rudeness...frustrated and they don’t trust government,” she told MSNBC. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, has dismissed... By Edward Luce in Washington
October 7, 2009
Bachmann voices ire at ‘Bail-out Nation’
...rightwing star of the Republican party. Ms Bachmann, a second-term congresswoman, who played a prominent role in the “town hall” agitations against Mr Obama’s healthcare reform agenda in August, made her comments against the backdrop of sharply falling...book, Going Rogue, hit number one on Amazon’s bestseller list last week, a month before its release date. “What did Nancy Pelosi’s [Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives] book sell in the first week? Two thousand, seven hundred... By Edward Luce and Tom Braithwaite in Washington
December 22, 2009
Eurostar faces rising anger
...Eurotunnel was also affected yesterday as it was overwhelmed by a huge backlog of passengers. Adoline Schneider, 18, from Nancy, had been due to travel home on Sunday. In London for three months on an exchange trip, she said at St Pancras: "Yesterday... By Jeremy Lemer in London and Ben Hall in Paris