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...crisis of bricks." In La Sagra, they take that phrase literally. Located about 40 miles (65 km) south of Madrid, the clay-rich county produces roughly 30% of Spain's bricks, and boasts the greatest concentration of brick works in Europe. But right now, La Sagra's factories aren't making much of anything. "The warehouses are full," says Carlos Duque, general secretary for the Castilla-La Mancha branch of MCA-UGT, the construction workers' trade union. "They just don't have anyone to sell...
...potentially millions of black Floridians, about 13% of whom voted for President Bush in 2004. Instead, Cherry, 52, recalls a Republican official saying, "We're ceding the black vote in Florida to Obama." Last week, Cherry's statewide newspaper, the Florida Courier, featured a house ad asking, "Why aren't Crist [Florida governor Charlie Crist, who was elected in 2006 with 18% of the black vote] and John McCain campaigning in Black Florida...
...bailout negotiations suited his narrative as an action hero: Suspend the campaign! Postpone the debates! His message is practical, real world, get it done; someone around here has to know when to pull the trigger. He sees Obama as a shooting star, all speed and vapor. To McCain, words aren't a form of action; only acting is a form of action. "To encourage a country with only rhetoric," he says, "is not a promise of hope. It is a platitude...
...store a while ago and I saw this really cute shirt and the young boutique owner rushed over to me and said, "That top is adorable." I said, "I know, but you don't think it's too young?" She said, "No." I said, "The sleeves aren't too short?" She said, "No, your arms are still good." I could hear the biological clock of my arms ticking...
...stalwarts who stuck around in the rain to cast their votes. To him, the inadequate planning was obvious: registration had surged since 2000, he notes, but the campus precinct had been allocated no additional voting machines. That left two machines for 1,300 voters. "The media angle was, Aren't these young kids heroic to have stood in line all day?" he says. "Rather than, There's something inherently wrong in the first place...