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...generation. So many talents. So much charm ... But, in the end, to what end? So much promise, to no great purpose." Clinton returned fire at the Democratic Convention in Boston last month. "Strength and wisdom," he declared, "are not opposing values." That was his delicate version of the venomous bumper sticker: BUSH: LIKE A ROCK, ONLY DUMBER. But lest John Kerry get smug, Clinton is the guy who warned his fellow Democrats in December 2002 that voters in dangerous times may prefer a candidate who is strong and wrong to one who is weak and right...
...country's growth rate from 8.2% last year to no more than 5.75% this year. But given that three-quarters of India's 1 billion citizens live off the land, the human cost of the drought is nearly incalculable. Vidarbha villager Satish Bhuyar was counting on a bumper crop of soybean and cotton to help pay off loans for his sister's wedding. The monsoon arrived in early June, Bhuyar sowed his fields, but the rains stopped and his saplings died. The rains came again in late June, Bhuyar planted once more, but again the crop withered. In desperation, Bhuyar...
Richardson said that bumper stickers and buttons will be distributed to supporters at the rally...
...Neopian pharmacy sometimes stocks a cure, but it's pricey, costing about 330 Neopoints. What's Chirita's owner, Wendy Mendoza, 10, of Atlanta, to do? One way to rack up the points would be to play any of the 110 free games on Neopets.com trying activities like bumper cars or chemistry for beginners. Then again, Wendy could also score by hunting for secret images in the site's virtual McDonald's, trying her hand at the Lucky Charms Super Search game or watching cereal ads in the General Mills theater--earning 150 points a commercial. Wendy visits the site...
...critics say websites like Neopets enable advertisers to skirt TV-industry practices that alert children to commercials with bumper announcements like, "Hey, kids, we'll be right back after these messages." Neopets Inc. press materials declare that advertisers can embed their brands "directly into entertaining site content." The practice isn't illegal, and Dohring says Neopets complies with the Children's Online Privacy Act, which bars companies from collecting personal information from Internet users under 13. Still, by embedding brand characters into games and activities, the ad "just goes unnoticed by the child, much less the parent," says McNeal...