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Amelie Poulain isn't a witch, but the situations she conjures up are magical. Dead men write soothing letters to heart-broken wives they abandoned long ago. Abducted garden gnomes send photos of their world travels to calm distraught owners. Callous men weep with rediscovered emotion when long-lost childhood treasures materialize from nowhere. Even guardian angels who repair the fatal mishaps of their wards learn to nurture hopes and loves of their...
...their relationships, but their communication skills are often better than those of straight couples, according to the first long-term study of homosexual relationships, conducted by the Family Research Laboratory. Researchers found that same-sex couples use fewer controlling, hostile emotional tactics when arguing and seem better able to calm down during a fight...
...gaps between Bush's long-term vision and the vulnerability they're feeling as summer driving season approaches. Bush's Energy Department is doing its part, insisting in its latest oil/gas forecast that "supplies are expected to improve and the chances that spot and retail prices will calm down are good." But Frank Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent out a memo Wednesday listing six ideas which "will solve our energy problems in the short term...
Meanwhile, Moscow's reaction was surprisingly mild. "It is hard not to agree with the President of the United States that the world is changing rapidly and new threats are appearing," President Vladimir Putin said. "We must counter these threats with well-thought actions." The calm demeanor is in keeping with his attempt to project Russia, impoverished as it is, as America's strategic peer. Russian officials also acknowledge they won't mind if the U.S. pumps hundreds of billions of dollars into a scheme they think will never work...
...growing increasingly concerned over the danger that an escalation in violence could destabilize the region. The Bush administration has hoped to take a more stand-off approach to the region, but violence has escalated despite its calls for calm. In order to make a cease-fire possible, Washington has been leaning on the Palestinians to halt attacks on Israelis, and is growing more vocal in urging Israel to freeze settlement activity and ease the burden of daily life in the West Bank and Gaza. But thus far, there?s been little progress on either front...