Tendencies towards autocracy seem embedded in the country's political culture. |
Some liberal arguments about the significance of this case seem tendentious and overblown. |
Autocratic rages and selfish bursts of temperament seem not to have been in his repertoire. |
His personal failings also seem to have increased the strain and told against him. |
So all the things the Senate has been trying to do to try to backstop our national labs seem to have been for naught to date. |
This doesn't seem like much time to wait when browsing a Web site but imagine trying to use a program like telnet. |