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...previously hot issues like policing. Solving the stalemate may be tricky, but even Paisley, a die-hard unionist, has a reason to cut a deal: if his party confirms him as Northern Ireland's First Minister, it could lead the country for a generation. Sinn Fein needs to ditch the I.R.A. someday to get into power on both sides of the Irish border, a big step toward its ultimate goal of north-south Irish unity. Paisley's still opposed to that, but says he's willing to argue. "If they leave down their guns, I am prepared to talk with...
...coat pocket to jot down favors requested by colleagues who buttonhole him--and to record when they're done. A skilled legislative tactician who practically camps out on the Senate floor, Reid was Daschle's point man for secretly convincing Vermont's other Senator, James Jeffords, to ditch the Republican Party in 2001 and vote with Democrats as an independent. "He's a straight shooter, smart and easy to work with," says Senate Republican whip Mitch McConnell. "Having said that, I also know he can be a tough opponent...
...more after the break. That’s just one touchdown—a meaningless late-game tally by Lafayette after the game was already out of reach—a field goal and four scrambling opponents who’ve been sent away with nothing, despite their last ditch efforts...
There’s more to the story, though. When Ellroy was ten, his mother was murdered and her body dumped in a ditch. A few years later his dad died too, of natural causes. His last words to his son were “try to pick up every waitress that serves...
...Israel's systematic elimination of much of its leadership cadre, and with Israel''s military actions impeding suicide bombers and rocket attacks, Israeli holidaymakers in nearby Egypt certainly make a tempting soft target. Even the headline target location, Taba, has symbolic significance - as the site of intense last-ditch negotiations four months after the aborted Camp David talks, the town has lent its name to the most comprehensive draft two-state peace agreement negotiated to date between Israelis and Palestinians. And that's a deal long rejected by Palestinian radicals...