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...Both McCain and Obama are taking seriously the task of selecting a running mate, launching confidential inquiries headed by old Washington hands A.B. Culvahouse and Jim Johnson, respectively. McCain hosted three prospects (former rival Mitt Romney, Florida governor Charlie Crist and Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal) at his ranch and avoided unseemly leaks or accusations of pandering. Obama faces pressure to choose opponent Hillary Clinton, a tangle he'd rather avoid. Obama paused his nomination battle with Clinton to focus on swing states like New Mexico and Nevada that will be decisive in November. He may also install adviser Paul Tewes...
...even get you fired. "Legally, an employer has every right in most cases to regulate how a worker looks," says attorney James McDonald, senior partner at employment law firm Fisher & Phillips. Clothes can also hamstring careers. Barbara Pachter, a top business-etiquette coach, boils it down to fit (avoid too-short skirts or too-tight anything), accessories (particularly footwear), color (when in doubt, go with darks) and style (when in doubt, dress like the boss). The No. 1 mistake: looking too sexy. "Cleavage," she says, "is not a corporate look." Neither are toes...
...slaughter, says Americans have an "ick" factor when it comes to the idea of horseflesh, equating it, she says "killing and eating pets." But, Grandin argues, "the problem is, these are 800- to 1,200-pound pets. When they shut down those plants, I said we've got to avoid alternatives worse than slaughter. But we have not, and all my worse nightmares have come true...
...Obama and McCain will spend the fall fighting to be the 44th President. Both they and Bush will also fight to avoid any comparisons with the 39th...
Alaper may even have come early enough to avoid any lasting damage. "The greatest impact can be retardation of development," Lemukol says, pointing to another child. This boy is three years old, but his mother still cradles him as if he were a baby. "He's only just able to crawl," says Lemukol. The superintendent pauses to think about this for a moment. "The children can catch up, but it takes time," he says. And time, like food and money, is just one more thing in short supply...