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  • If the habit of the old pre-bankruptcy General Motors was reliably to overpromise and under-deliver, "new" GM is determined to do the opposite. Hence ...

  • So," the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers chuckled to one scribbler, "did I piss anybody off?" Baby steps. Mike Kelly was kidding, of course, but it's clear the usually affable new boss has been chastened by events of late -- and it's equally apparent the local media will show up any time he speaks to see if there's one more cleat Kelly can cram into a mouth that sometimes runs like a two-minute drill. "I mean, this team is two years removed from a Grey Cup," noted [Bobby Dyce], who will also be responsible for Canadian personnel. "We don't feel that it's a team that's building from ground zero. It's a team that needs some tweaks and some changes. Hopefully to get us back to that big game. "That's what I'm trying to achieve here. I don't mean to upset anyone when I say I'm tryi...

  • ...Perhaps chastened by criticism, the Court had not for a decade addre...

  • A chastened [Stephane Dion] admitted he's an unpopular figure in Quebec, saying he must spend more time speaking to Quebecers directly to show he's different from his image as a cartoon character who is taciturn, cerebral and hostile to Quebec's nationalist ambitions. Dion was most critical of the Tory government's handling of Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan, calling it "the most appalling example among a series of foreign policy blunders. It's always worrisome when a politician constantly flip-flops, but when people's lives are at stake, it's inexcusable."

  • [Alfred] pulls no punches about the contents of the book ("[If] you're a person who rejects the notion of global warming and doesn't believe that the Holocaust ever happened, you'll really enjoy this book," he writes), nor about the writers, who he refers to as "ignorami." In fact, the skewering of the authors of Disrobing is so scorching that a Web reader comments Alfred did himself a disservice by "engaging in personal attacks." Not to be chastened Alfred responds "People need to know just what kind of racist haters McGill-Queen's is passing off as scholars and what kind of low-class right-wing stooge scholarship the federal government is supporting with its funding for academic research. I don't think it's a disservice at all; to serve back what they dish out is just what is needed m...

  • ... of American power but in somewhat chastened form, a reflection of the erosion of legitimacy su...

  • .... A chastened Liberal majority would be best for Ontario. What t...

  • The first was an elimination of public subsidies of political parties, plus an elimination of the right to strike for public servants, accompanied with no extra stimulus package to help address the global economic crisis and its negative impacts here in Canada.Harper did not include the public financing elimination idea in the recent throne speech.

    .... I believe a properly chastened and humbled Harper is the best choice of the lot. ...

  • ... piety and moral earnestness which chastened the hubris that the pandit may have seen or suspec...

  • ... for some advice for fellow tweeters, a chastened Ellis replied: "Keep it basic. Keep it boring. Any...



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