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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Anatomy of Beltway conventional wisdom

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  • Wednesday, April 18, 2007 07:20 AM

    Cringe-worthy

    After re-reading it, I think you're correct. I had originally taken "cringe-worthy" as relating to the fact that CNN put the story at the top, but I think that was just projection on my part. I think you're right that she feels the haircuts themselves are "cringe-worthy." One worries for the epileptic seizures Fairbanks must go through when she reads headlines about things like carbombs in Iraq and the twisted policies that got us mired there.

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