Word: arizona
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...will we pay for it? Democrats say President George W. Bush should consider increasing taxes on the wealthy, while some Republicans, including Arizona Senator John McCain, want lawmakers to cut back on pork-barrel spending. But Congress is highly unlikely to achieve either goal. Instead, Washington is expected to continue borrowing money without finding ways to pay for it. The bulk of the rebuilding costs will probably show up in next year's budget deficit, which was estimated--pre-Katrina--to exceed $314 billion...
...protection while their families back home have assistance if they need it. If there aren't enough supporters of the war willing to make the sacrifice of enlisting, then the President should find a diplomatic solution and get out of Iraq as soon as possible. Laura Crowley Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. I returned from Fallujah at the end of March. One of the hardest parts about coming home was facing the total lack of awareness by Americans that their country is at war. I will return to Iraq within a year for my second tour of duty. I know...
...when it did, he did not immediately show that he sensed its magnitude. On the Monday that Hurricane Katrina landed and the Crescent City began drowning, Bush was joshing with Senator John McCain on the tarmac of an Air Force base in Arizona, posing with a melting birthday cake. Like a scene out of a Michael Moore mockumentary, he was heading into a long-planned Medicare round table at a local country club, joking that he had "spiced up" his entourage by bringing the First Lady, then noting to the audience that he had phoned Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff...
...became unfashionable, even antique. The album that The Joshua Tree displaced from the top of the chart is a revisionist rap record by the Beastie Boys, three well-born white teens copping street attitude but assuming social postures that teeter between preening smugness and snide irresponsibility. After arriving in Arizona, U2 discovered that Governor Evan Mecham had canceled the state's observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. U2 considered canceling the concerts but did something better: made a contribution to the Mecham Watchdog Committee and played Pride (In the Name of Love) -- a tribute to King -- with...
...come in when she is going out." Ali, who is studying politics at Dublin's University College, "is the dark eye," in the words of her admiring husband. "She will not be worn like a brooch. We have a stormy relationship because she is her own woman." While in Arizona, worried that she sounded a little depressed on the transatlantic phone, Bono asked his in- laws to "keep an eye on her. They must have rung her right away, because I got this phone call saying, 'I don't need a baby-sitter!' and she slammed down the phone...