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...resulting bad air could choke the serious business between both sides. Washington says it still wants a cooperative, productive relationship, but Moscow bristles at the insults. The U.S. wants Russia to control its deteriorating nuclear arsenal and continue dismantling warheads, but Bush's new budget cuts back 10% on the aid Washington gives Moscow to comply. The U.S. says Bush is merely demonstrating a "certain clarity and a certain decisiveness," but the focus on differences may make it harder to bridge them. And Bush aides say that while he isn't trying to trash the relationship, he does intend...
...influence in which the most sensitive issues are debated, the most profound decisions made. Cheney never leaves the loop. The President not only put him in charge of the transition but allowed him to install allies atop both the Treasury and Defense departments and place former aides at choke points throughout the government. After Bush's smooth first week in office, it was Cheney who appeared on the Sunday talk shows to tout the Administration's success. And last week Bush dealt with the first big crisis of his tenure--California's energy mess--by turning it, and the Administration...
...decades surgery seemed to be the best bet for the treatment of heart disease. Researchers thought of atherosclerosis, or the clogging of arteries with fatty plaques, as basically a plumbing problem. Bypass the choke points with new grafts and you would more than likely bypass any future heart attacks. Over the past five to 10 years, however, doctors have come to realize that heart disease is more complicated than that. They're not by any means ready to abandon surgery, but now they rely more heavily on different types of drugs to treat both the long-term and short-term...
...make no mistake--facing No. 4 Boston College this Saturday isn't going to be a cakewalk. Don't expect Eagles' captain Brian Gionta to choke on his breakaways, nor will netminder Tim Kelleher give up four power play goals...
...that vanquishing Hector on the battlefield will precipitate his own demise, he unhesitatingly opts for the gusto. "I'll lie in peace once I've gone down to death," he exclaims. "But now for the moment, let me seize great glory!" (The Iliad is way WWF.) Vince, don't choke with The Game on the line. To paraphrase the late Barry Goldwater, the last major presidential candidate who wasn't afraid to lose big, "Xtremism in defense of football is no vice...