Senator John McCain, the Republicans' 2008 candidate, and Sarah Palin, his running-mate, voiced similar misgivings: better to have helped the rebels clinch their victory when they appeared to be on a roll than come to their defence when they were at their last gasp on the edge of defeat.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

This is supposed to be a zombie season for the Nets one last gasp in the Garden State before a soft artisanal opening at the Barc on Flatbush.

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