Word: biddinger
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1. Congress cares about polls. Obama's success depends upon his ability to get Congress to do his bidding, and as the polls have soured, this has become a much tougher proposition. With the President's approval rating now dipping below 50% in most polls, Democratic pollsters have begun to...
How Many Troops? Obama is expected to give Army General Stanley McChrystal somewhat less than the 40,000 troops he requested in the midsize of the three options he presented to the President. Like a kid seeking a $10 weekly allowance who starts the bidding at $20, McChrystal's "lowest...
The collapse of the Palestinian Authority could spell the end of Dayton's painstaking efforts to create a security force that can enforce law in the West Bank and stop militants from launching attacks on Israel and its settlers. Many Palestinians view the security force as collaborators carrying out Israel...
General Santos is not the only place dependent on tuna. At 6 a.m., an auctioneer in Tokyo reaches up to ring a brass bell, alerting a group of blue-capped, rubber-booted men perusing rows of gray frozen tuna that the bidding is about to begin. He starts to chant...
How important were those specialty arms? In 2007, they accounted for more than 30% of indie box-office revenues. The big studios' specialty divisions were also key players in film-festival bidding wars, often paying between $2 million and $10 million per film. This year the highest price paid for...