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    "Obama's real problem is that the era of hope and change is over, and he hasn't adjusted to it. He's confronted by a debt crisis, the oil spill, and high unemployment. These are front-burner issues a President is expected to address seriously and on which he'll be held accountable. Yet ... he dwells on sentiments like bipartisanship that no longer resonate."

    --6/7/10

    Will Frears

    Describing the appeal of soccer's biggest event, on TheParisReview.com

    "Every four years the World Cup comes along and offers the possibility of promiscuity without consequence--a spot of 'Who do you want to be today?' 'Oh today, I fancy a bit of Brazil, I feel like feeling like a winner.' Tomorrow, on the other hand, it's all 'Come on you, North Korea' because who, in the end, doesn't want North Korea to triumph?"

    --6/7/10

    Sources: New York Times; CNN; Dow Jones; La Republica (Peru); Chicago Sun-Times; ABC News; ESPN.com

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