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...August, about 700 incoming first-years have already received the vaccine...
...incumbent convention, considering the amount of attention devoted to the weaknesses of the challenger—have taken a toll on John F. Kerry. The poll shows President Bush leading Kerry 52 percent to 41 percent, with Kerry’s favorability rating down from about 55 percent in August to 43 percent today...
...August job growth was not quite enough to indicate real momentum. What's holding employment down? Each party has its whipping boy. Republicans like to blame lawsuits and regulation; Democrats point to offshore outsourcing. Economists aren't buying either explanation. They say that orange alerts and a steady stream of bad news from the Middle East make CEOS wary of any bold hiring moves; instead companies use temps and contractors, cutting them loose whenever sales look shaky. Rising health insurance premiums make it cheaper to buy better equipment than hire a new employee. "Businesses are more interested in using technology...
When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990, TIME assessed the political liabilities--and questions of style--associated with the first President Bush's SHOWDOWN with the Iraqi leader. His son would revisit those issues...
...late August afternoon when the Iraqi exile got a call on his cell phone. Over the crackling line, the Iraqi says, the caller identified himself as Larry Franklin, an analyst for the Defense Department in Washington. Franklin rattled off a series of questions. He wanted to know if the Iraqi, who had spent the past decade working with Ahmad Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress (I.N.C.), could recall whether anyone at the I.N.C. had discussed the U.S.'s ability to intercept and decode Iran's secret communications. The Iraqi, who knew Franklin's name but had never met him, was startled...