Word: defections
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...Stop the world, I want to get off.” Galeano is not a nag without good reason, and he doesn’t propose a solution because there is none: “Social injustice is not an error to be corrected, nor is it a defect to be overcome. It is an essential requirement of the system. No natural world is capable of supporting a mall the size of the planet...
...vote isn't on the books yet - Lott, after learning of Republican defections, voted in favor in order to allow a revote once he'd had a chance to twist some arms - but it was enough for head Democrat Tom Daschle to seize on it as "a repudiation of the President's policies and priorities." And after Jim Jeffords (R-Vt.) announced earlier in the day that he was ready to defect on the overall budget - "unless a miracle occurs, I fear I'm bending in that direction" - it was pretty clear Cheney's presence was only going...
That's the kind of candygram that Bush is delivering to more than a dozen vulnerable Senators--men and women who will make the difference in the coming battle over Bush's tax cuts. A small handful of Republicans could defect and the President will need to peel off an equal number of Democrats to ensure passage of his program. Last week, after delivering his big budget address to Congress, he swept into Arkansas and Georgia, where Democrats Blanche Lincoln and Max Cleland felt the love. This week Bush will swing through Louisiana and North Dakota, two more states...
...symptom of congestive heart failure, but you may have a form of the disease doctors barely understand. For years, heart failure was thought to have been caused by the heart's inability to pump blood efficiently. Now a study shows that half of all patients may have a different defect altogether: their hearts don't properly fill up with blood. Doctors still don't know how best to treat the problem, but they do know who is most likely to develop it: hypertensive women over...
...defect in some of the magnetic strips on the backs of Harvard identification cards has caused the strips to chip off, rendering the cards unusable for access into dorms or for swiping into meals...