Word: appearences
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...hopes to win a sweeter deal from John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee who favors bilateral talks with the North. And the Bush Administration believes re-election would give it a freer hand to deal firmly with the North, possibly through tougher sanctions. Until then, though, Bush needs to appear open to negotiation so that allies and domestic voters alike will not carp that war is his primary tool of foreign policy. "It seems both sides don't want to compromise," says Lee Jung Hoon, a political scientist at Yonsei University in Seoul. "But neither wants to be seen...
...Could the timing of Chalabi's very public downfall be mere coincidence? It seems likely that the timing was determined by Bush's political handlers to make it appear that Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress were to blame for drawing us into this ill-advised war. If that is their game, it will not work. Chalabi clearly had interests of his own to promote, but the Bush Administration was not without resources to verify the bogus information he provided. If it points to Chalabi as the source of our misfortune, the Administration will only reveal new depths of incompetence...
...that possible? Liposuction does not remove the fat cells found in the liver or the muscles, or the so-called visceral fat that surrounds internal organs. Nor does liposuction reduce the size of any remaining fat cells; large fat cells appear to produce more harmful proteins than do small ones. Some doctors believe the results would have been better if the patients had been only a few pounds overweight. In any case, the best way to shrink fat cells is still to create a negative energy balance by--you guessed it--eating fewer calories than you burn...
...goad London, suggesting the men were special forces. According to Sadegh Ziba Kalam, professor of political science at the University of Tehran, Iran wanted to show "that it is a powerful country in the region that cannot be circumvented and ignored." Tehran has lots of reasons not to appear meek these days. U.S. forces are now deployed on two sides, in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Iran's leaders feel it hasn't been given enough credit for helping the Americans in Afghanistan. It has had recent border disputes with Arab neighbors. The E.U. has just blasted its human-rights record...
Insurgent attacks that killed more than 80 people in Iraq campaign appear to have been tightly synchronized across hundreds of miles. The targets, mostly Iraqi police facilities, ranged from Mosul in the north, down through Baquba and out to the West in Ramadi - 60 miles from Baghdad - and Fallujah, 40 miles west of the capital...