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...make improvements rather than excuses. They work hard. They do their jobs. They prepare. Connecticut’s championship women’s basketball teams face practices that are harder than games, e.g. playing 5 against 8. Those who are slipping tend to lash out, blame others, whine and complain and neglect preparation and practice...
...Security Assistance Force (ISAF), is trying to counter increased violence in the run-up to the Oct. 9 presidential election. Afghan President Hamid Karzai canceled a rally last week after a rocket was fired at his helicopter. The rocket missed, and his chopper flew back to Kabul. Nongovernmental organizations complain that NATO is too thin on the ground to provide security. "The NATO Secretary-General said the alliance was ready" for an Iraq mission, says a top French Defense Ministry official. "But between Kosovo and Afghanistan, we have plenty to do." Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer argues passionately...
...land, and used tear gas and bullets to break up demonstrations. The 38 mainly white landowners, most of whom are Kenyan citizens, have their own claim to the land: 999-year leases issued before independence by the British colonial government and later recognized by Kenya. The ranchers complain that the Masai have stolen their livestock, robbed their staff and set fire to their fields. The landowners also claim to be superior environmental stewards. Drivers passing through their ranches can see more wildlife - elephants, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes and gazelles - than in some of Kenya's national parks. "The farmers really care...
...making. He talks proudly about having got results, but the results are mixed. There are lots of Republicans who hate the expensive Medicare prescription-drug bill, fiscal conservatives who are horrified by a $237 billion surplus turning into a $396 billion deficit, Governors even in red states who complain that No Child Left Behind is underfunded and unworkable. Bush plans to lay out this week his vision for an "ownership society," which amounts to lots of little programs aimed at changing the relationship between citizens and institutions. He thinks that maybe things will go better this time, not because...
...YORKERS STILL COMPLAIN TO YOU ABOUT THE SMOKING BAN? No, that's an issue long gone. When you parade by a bar, they wave the cigarette at you in a good-natured way. I think most people understand that smoking is not good for you. You can smoke, but you can't force other people to smoke...