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Rove Talks: If Mistakes Were Made, They Weren’t His - 20 Aug 2007
New York Times,Bush’s chief political adviser, complained that Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill were Captain Ahabs relentlessly pursuing him as the big white whale.
The TV Watch Rove Talks: If Mistakes Were Made, They Weren’t His - 20 Aug 2007
New York Times,Bush’s chief political adviser, complained that Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill were Captain Ahabs relentlessly pursuing him as the big white whale.
Rove tells TV shows he's blameless for Republican slippage - 20 Aug 2007
International Herald Tribune,George W. Bush's chief political adviser, complained that Democrats on Capitol Hill were Captain Ahabs relentlessly pursuing him as the big white whale.
Rove Delivers Parting Shots - 20 Aug 2007
U.S. News & World Report,Rove "complained that Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill were Captain Ahabs relentlessly pursuing him as the big white whale." UPI and AFP also run brief
Reflecting on encounters along the way - 20 Aug 2007
The News Herald,Visited the demolition site that was the Bay Line Depot building, which for years has been lying like a beached and decaying white whale that had washed
Linux gets a lift - 20 Aug 2007
CRN Australia,Desktop Linux has been something of a white whale for open-source software and its evangelists, with every year for the past decade being declared at some
Focus goes on a holiday - Aug 18, 2007
Albany Times Union,...second, by implicitly comparing Rove to Melville's White Whale, an unstoppable atavistic force that brings down all who stand against it.
Karl Rove is a big, white whale of a reader - Aug 14, 2007
Quillblog,The Bush administration has long been noted for the high literary tone maintained by its most powerful denizens. The president’s own voracious reading
Migaloo the white whale spotted off Qld coast - Jul 23, 2007
ABC Online,The rare white whale Migaloo has entertained dive boat passengers off far north Queensland. (Qld Environmental Protection Agency) The most famous white
Experts: Leave whale enough alone - Aug 2, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Each White Whale Has Its Individual Voice (August 18, 2004) -- The fact that each white whale has individual voice is established by Russian
Profile: Roger Rapoport, author and journalist - Aug 19, 2007
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com,Ahab was obsessed with pursuing a great white whale in the tale of "Moby Dick." Muskegon author and publisher Roger Rapoport has spent a few years pursuing
Parting of ways - Aug 17, 2007
The Age,But then, according to one reporter, Rove compared himself to Moby Dick, the white whale in Herman Melville's epic novel, adding that three or four
Rove Exit: Bush Says Good-Bye to His Brain - Aug 14, 2007
Towleroad,Rove casts himself as Herman Melville's white whale in his good-bye speech: "I’m realistic enough to understand that the subpoenas are going to keep flying
Memories of the hunt - Aug 3, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,But by the time whaling ended in Albany in 1978, Herman Melville's fabulous destructive white whale, Moby Dick, had long been replaced by the Judas whale.
Goodbye to The Architect - Aug 16, 2007
Economist,And Mr Rove is the Democrats' equivalent of the great white whale: they want to spend the next few months harassing him over everything,
Baby Beluga Whale Dies In Labrador Harbor - Aug 16, 2007
Post ChronicleThe beluga or white whale is a cold-water species. About 100000 are believed to live in Canadian and Alaskan waters. (c) UPI.
Rove's image is recast as he heads for the exit - Aug 14, 2007
Los Angeles Times,And in discussing the multifaceted struggle between the Democratic Congress and the Bush White House, Rove said he was Moby Dick -- the mythic white whale
Rove: Departure Unrelated to Investigations - Aug 13, 2007
Washington Post,..."I realize that some of the Democrats are Captain Ahab and I'm the great white whale," he said. "I noticed the other day some Democratic staffers were
Brew pub on tap for Yankton - Aug 3, 2007
Sioux City Journal,Owner Ben Hanten plans to open the tap on his White Whale Ale at his 10-barrel brewery in the renamed Hugh Glass Bar, 222 W. Third St. Yankton's last
Is Karl Rove haunted or hollow? - Aug 17, 2007
GetReligion,Yes, the great white whale that Netroots Democrats have loved to hate is headed back to Texas, where he will surely pull strings to do more damage to the
When KAOS Threatens, Talk to the Shoe - Jul 28, 2007
New York Times,Max asks, “That was done by the great white whale?� “No, that was done by a small blue convertible.� The series popularized a number of catchphrases,
Five-Tool Player - Aug 13, 2007
National Review Online,All the supposed scandals congressional Democrats are now obsessing over will lose some of their “oomph� as Rove, their white whale, slips off into the
Cheney's media manglers - Aug 18, 2007
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,In pursuit of their Great White Whale, the Republican menace of the moment, it's quite clear the liberal press doesn't feel a responsibility to observe the
'The Mark of Rove' - Aug 13, 2007
Wall Street JournalHe has survived a probe by a remorseless special counsel, and lately a subpoena barrage from Democrats for whom he is the great white whale.
In a Finnish Archipelago, Memories as Sharp as a Pike’s Teeth - Aug 16, 2007
New York Times,Later, after the lightning relented, I carried the fish home in drizzle and dusk while Jack and Mick babbled as if they had bested a white whale. “Mama!
Captain Ahab - Aug 9, 2007
Hollywood Reporter,There's much to like in the sweeping tale of how a resourceful orphan grew up to become the fearless harpoonist and seeker of the great white whale.
Rock bottomer - Aug 9, 2007
Los Angeles Times,But nothing really matters more than the search for "one big hit," a quest currently taking on a serious white whale feel. TODAY'S GAME- The Blue will look
Wildfires burns with classic-rock passion - Aug 9, 2007
Georgia Straight,When he's not making his own music, Havdale runs White Whale Records, which has released CDs by artists such as Octoberman, Kids These Days, and Precious
On This Day in History: August 1 A Giant of American Literature - Aug 1, 2007
Brooklyn Daily Eagle,All this artistic effort culminated in the stunning Moby Dick or the White Whale (1851), Melville’s masterpiece. Melville began his book as a mere retelling
BOOK REVIEW: Thomson constructs great beach book - Jul 22, 2007
Tuscaloosa News (subscription),Is 'white whale’ some kind of literary reference?" Throughout the novel, Thomson/Gus show no sign whatever of being aware of Moby Dick, but of course that
Exit underestimated, overestimated Karl Rove - Aug 16, 2007
The Argus,All the supposed scandals congressional Democrats are now obsessing over will lose some of their "oomph" as Rove, their white whale, slips off into the
‘Bush’s brain’ announces resignation - Aug 14, 2007
Nashua Telegraph,...“I realize that some of the Democrats are Captain Ahab and I’m the great white whale,� he said. “I noticed the other day some Democratic staffers were
Leahy won't forget - Aug 14, 2007
Bennington Banner,..."I realize that some of the Democrats are Captain Ahab and I'm the great white whale," Rove told The Post. "I'm Moby Dick and they're after me.
Beastly old ways to scare your socks off - Aug 12, 2007
NEWS.com.au,Moby Dick, filmed in 1956 and based on the classic novel by Herman Melville, pitted a demented sea captain against a great white whale.
Giuliani’s Weak Spot? - Aug 17, 2007
Commentary,...with some teeth comes from Village Voice political reporter Wayne Barrett, the legendary digger who’s long played Ahab to the mayor’s white whale.
Karl Rove may have doomed GOP - Aug 14, 2007
Bradenton Herald,By RICHARD SISK He was the admitted great white whale of every Democrat's worst political nightmares, the strategist behind two wins of the presidency who
Giving great lit the fast-forward - Aug 15, 2007
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),Just as the great white whale did to Captain Ahab, students have been evading literary giants such as "Moby-Dick" for decades by skipping the book and
A good book is gripping and, preferably, free - Aug 8, 2007
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription),But since I already own it and I can't recall anything except that Captain Ahab gets killed pursuing the white whale, it will be worth while.
Cheney's Media Manglers - Aug 16, 2007
Human Events,In pursuit of their Great White Whale, the Republican menace of the moment, it's quite clear the liberal media don't feel a responsibility to observe the
We want your restaurant reviews of Century Grille - Aug 17, 2007
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,The onions were not caramelized and a cheese-enveloped crouton looked more like the White Whale than toasted bread. Tomato Bisque ($4.95), while flavorful,
Formal charges against 22 suspects in Ballena Blanca - Aug 2, 2007
Typically Spanish,By mp - Aug 2, 2007 - 10:11 AM Judge Miguel �ngel Torres has closed his instruction of the Ballena Blanca – White Whale – money laundering case with charges
Book Review: "In Search of Robert Millar" and "From Lance to Landis" - Aug 8, 2007
International Herald Tribune,He's gone to New Zealand and all over the United States as well, harpoon at the ready, pursuing his own white whale. Walsh, an Irishman who is chief
Resolved: Public Corporations Shall Take Us Seriously - Aug 12, 2007
New York Times,Pepsi and General Motors to do things they didn’t want to do, ExxonMobil is the great white whale of multinational corporations, unparalleled in size,
Where to stay along the Jersey Shore - Aug 5, 2007
Newsday,LONG BEACH ISLAND: The White Whale Revisited B&B (20 W. Seventh St., Barnegat Light, 888-942-5325, whitewhalerevisited.com; from $150), near the bay,
Feud will keep F1 on boil - Aug 11, 2007
Times Online,Drugs are Captain Ahab’s white whale; all our fixations and obsessions with the failings of our highly commercialised sporting age appear heaped upon the
Golfing by Night, Whoring by Day: a Look at China's Underworld - Aug 7, 2007
BloombergNone of this extraordinary story would have been possible without a young reporter's determination to pursue his Great White Whale.
nose knows - Aug 5, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,..."phat" air on the slopes before dolling up for dinner with Francesco, the big-nosed Italian snowboard instructor and white whale of my skiing fantasies.
Blurring the boundaries - Aug 3, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...his job as a postal clerk in 1920s India and pursues his obsession with film-making with the single-minded intensity of Ahab questing for a white whale.
Rare book collection entices country couple - Jul 26, 2007
Business Gazette,Quill & Brush’s white whale was a first edition of Herman Melville’s ‘‘Moby Dick,� then titled ‘‘The Whale,� Pat said. Someone offered to sell them the
SURFING ON LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ - Jul 24, 2007
Washington Post,The White Whale Revisited (20 W. Seventh St., Barnegat Light, 888-942-5325; from $85), for one, is near the beach and the bay and has bikes to borrow.
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