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...appeals court: Jeffrey Sutton in Ohio, Miguel Estrada in the District of Columbia, D. Brooks Smith in Pennsylvania and Priscilla Owen in Texas. Dan Bartlett, the White House communications director, says Bush intends to fight for those nominees, but then he also insists Bush fought hard for Pickering. To counter the Democrats, the President plans to spend the coming months pushing Congress to pass an energy bill that includes drilling in the ANWR, more tax cuts for small businesses and a patients' bill of rights. "There's a healthy agenda out there," says Nick Calio, Bush's chief liaison...
...hold of a missile or two and blot out the capital city of a nation that it hates. Or perhaps when the great nations are armed to the teeth with long-range missiles and nervously watching each other, some quick mistake will be made...Retaliation may result in counter-retaliation, and in a few more minutes all the world's missiles may fly. But missilemen also have a hope that supports them: the ultimate weapon may produce the ultimate stalemate, a world in which all factions are afraid to start a war, and will take measures to keep it from...
...earnestly complied" with U.S. requests to provide information about suspects and had put in place new procedures to prevent fighters entering the country. To pursue its policy, though, the Khartoum government said it would need international assistance to improve efforts to freeze known terrorists' assets and train counter-terrorist forces...
...adviser. "The fact is, we've been too lackadaisical about wmds for too long." Finally, the Prime Minister will point to the benefits to the Middle East if Iraq were under more benign leadership, including an end to sanctions that hurt Iraqi civilians and less incentive for Iran to counter Iraq with wmds of its own. One Labour official predicts that once Blair is through with this sales pitch, public support for action to curb Iraq's wmds will climb toward...
When he started work in Padua, Basile was shocked by what he found. Some areas, such as Hell, were in terrible condition. "Much damage resulted" from Tintori's untried process, he says. "Now chemical products and new processes are tested for years before being put to use." To counter modern problems, a new entrance filters out air pollution from the main road. Ducts for air-conditioning laid under a raised floor keep the walls at an even temperature. Crowding will be avoided: though the chapel will be open seven days a week, visitors will be admitted only in groups...