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...much kinder to Democrats elsewhere in the country. A national poll released last week by Republican Ed Goeas and Democrat Celinda Lake showed that voters had more confidence in the Republican Party on most issues and preferred Republican candidates for Congress. As a result, congressional expert Charles Cook gives the Democrats almost no chance of winning back a majority in the Senate next year and a 40% chance at most of retaking the House. One reason, says Cook, is simple lack of preparation: "I see none of the introspection that we saw the Democrats do during the tough times...
...announcement that Carns would replace embattled CIA Director R. James Woolsey, anonymous tips began trickling into the FBI and Senate Intelligence Committee that the retired general had a domestic-help problem. When he left Clark Air Base in the Philippines in 1987, Carns agreed to bring back the family cook's nephew, Elbino Runas. The INS allows U.S. soldiers stationed abroad to bring back a domestic for up to four years if they certify that the worker was a servant and will be employed as household help in the U.S. But Carns admitted in interviews last week that Runas never...
...goofy-cool footwork done by every backup group in the '50s, they are sexily slow dancing to L&S's low-tempo stuff or, in a gorgeous version of Spanish Harlem, bringing ballet to the barrio. These cats can sing too, both as solo stunners-check out Victor Trent Cook's rabid virtuosity on I (Who Have Nothing)-and as part of street-corner quartets that seem to have been together for years...
...senses there is a hunger in the country for a grownup who excels at foreign policy, a quiet statesman who worries more about the next generation than the next election and who is the most experienced foreign-policy expert in the race. He could have a chance. Says Charles Cook, editor of the Cook Political Report: "I can picture Lugar sitting in the Oval Office--I just can't picture how he gets there...
Scientific findings are generally perceived as absolute truth. They influence every aspect of human life, from visits to the doctor to deciding what to cook for dinner...