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...details or run the campaign yourself." Bush's new take-no-guff political persona is, of course, one of the major surprises of the campaign. Bush's stiff but improving podium personality can be viewed as an ability to learn from earlier mistakes and to patiently absorb the coaching of others...
...public health system is woeful. The prisons teem with criminals who are often released before their original sentences expire to make room for others. More than 300,000 newcomers arrive annually, straining a system already near the breakpoint. The state department of education estimates that it must absorb 800,000 new students and build 933 new schools during the next decade just to keep pace with growth...
...dive to depths between layers of water at different temperatures where it can hide from enemy sonar. When it comes time to surface, not even the polar ice cap will be able to keep the Seawolf down. The low, streamlined sail -- conning tower to landlubbers -- will be hardened to absorb the shock of breaking through the ice. Retractable bow planes will permit the Seawolf to navigate under the Arctic, the huge (5.4 million sq. mi.) new battleground of underwater war. The multiblade, controllable-pitch screw propeller will be encased in a meticulously designed shroud to reduce noise and allow...
...selling futures at once. As the price of the futures collapsed, the stocks followed suit. That triggered further selling by the portfolio insurers, reinforcing the downward spiral. One of the biggest, Wells Fargo, sold $1.6 billion in futures on Black Monday alone. This was more than the market could absorb. Says Capital's Kirby: "It's like a guy driving into a parking lot with the Queen Mary and asking, 'How come these guys haven't provided a space...
...grown up in the South, it was a stunning blow," says Winbush. Reporter-Researcher Anne Hopkins finds June 5 to be the day that continues to haunt. Turning on the radio as she awoke that morning, she learned that Robert Kennedy had been shot. "As I began to absorb what was happening, the phone rang," she says. "It was my mother, calling to sing Happy Birthday...