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...support. But their differences on fundamental peacetime social issues like abortion, gay marriage and, most powerfully, freedom of expression now threaten to loosen the hold Bush has likely had on Stern’s audience, made up of the same ordinary people whom the administration has always sought to attract...
From there Ross takes his mission higher - into the mountains. He builds a "reliquary," as he calls it, of postcards and liquor store stand-up displays of bikini-clad women. He blasts Hank Williams to attract converts. A magnetic personality, by degrees Ross's behavior becomes more peculiar. He and his troop stop using words and don't appear in daylight too often. Eventually their teeth turn sharp and canine-like and they spend time digging up bones from an old graveyard. Hence the steak Gareth is bringing for Ross. The snowglobe seems to be an attempt to amuse...
...other U.S. bases in Afghanistan. Instead of the hundreds or thousands of troops that are in the large encampments, there are only a dozen Green Berets from what is known as Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 936 and a smattering of Marines. But they are dangling far from safety to attract a big catch. "This is Osama bin Laden's backyard," says the team sergeant. "And part of the solution to tracking him is having guys like us out here in isolated areas...
...Advocate has already ordered a new boiler and plans to make the required repairs to the building, Coulter said. A successful campaign to attract new advertising clients has tripled the advertising income of the magazine in the past five weeks, he added...
...allowed him to brush aside many of the once-influential military and intelligence officials who often act more like Kremlin henchmen than civil servants. The super-wealthy “oligarchs” who ruled Russia during the Yeltsin years have also been neutralized. All of these reforms will attract more foreign investment, which is desperately needed in a country historically short of capital. And as long as Putin proceeds to better the business climate—along with Russian civil society and the middle class—the country’s leadership may eventually be forced to suppress...