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...China for a long time now but there hasn't been any positive response from the Chinese side," he was quoted as saying. "As far as I'm concerned I have given up." That was, as an Associated Press report on the speech noted -almost with shock - "an unusually blunt" statement from a man whose well-known global public image revolves around preaching the compromise and non-violence that are central tenets of Buddhism...
...chief wildlife manager, Mike Devery, defended the costly operation, saying the animals were listed as vulnerable under the state's Nature Conservation Act, which labels crocodiles over 13 feet long as "iconic." But the kid-glove treatment outraged many locals, including Federal Parliamentarian Bob Katter, a cowboy-hatted, blunt-spoken cattle rancher whose 218,000 square-mile electoral district is home to thousands of wild crocodiles...
...There was, of course, nothing McCain could do to prevent the financial crisis, or even much, most observers say, he could do to blunt Obama's strong debate performance. But that doesn't mean the Republican nominee didn't exacerbate those and other situations this fall. Four decisions the campaign made over the past two months in particular have heavily contributed to its current woes...
...message will be blunt: If you want to restore confidence in stock markets and among financial institutions, recapitalize your banks - quickly. This message already has some traction in Washington. The U.S. Treasury Department is discussing a plan to use public funds to recapitalize banks. The U.K. government already took that step earlier this week, while Iceland has nationalized its banks...
...colleagues," says Pat Toomey, a former GOP Congressman from Pennsylvania who now heads the conservative group Club for Growth. "Who's in leadership will depend on the outcome of elections. They may go very well in November - which isn't looking very likely, but if they do, Boehner and Blunt might be able to stay...