The temperature was in the mid-90s that day, and 17 of the 31 runners collapsed, partly because nobody understood the first thing about refueling.

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And for all the complimentary things people in Blaine County, Idaho, are saying at Bowe Bergdahl, they all make sure at least one thing is understood.

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If there was one thing that everybody understood was a big difference between myself and Mr. Romney, it was when it comes to how we reduce our deficit, I argued for a balanced, responsible approach, and part of that included making sure that the wealthiest Americans pay a little bit more.

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The one thing that I have understood is that we are going through an ethical change of culture, not politics.

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And they understood because they were going through the same thing I was going through.

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But one thing is clear: they deserve to be believed, understood, and helped.

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Senator DURBIN: Well, the interesting thing in the last few days, when the president finally understood the anger of the American people about his policies in Iraq, he started adopting the very premises and positions that we had on Iraq for so long.

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While we've already learned that television shows pull double duty as entertainment and a sedative, and that launching a console with a widely understood shortage hitting stores can cause all sorts of madness and criminal activity to break loose, the last thing we needed was one more " study" claiming that video games breed rage.

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Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man up Everest, used to say that if you were in real trouble in a difficult place you needed an explorer called Ernest Shackleton, because he understood his people, knew how hard it was to lead well, and was prepared to do the right thing.

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