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Three days later a car driven by a suicide bomber set off a lethal explosion at the Baghdad Hotel. Bennett received a message from the men he had met, claiming a role in the operation. It is impossible to confirm that; no one can say for sure who was responsible for that attack--or for most of the assaults plaguing the country...
Like so many disconcerted 11th-graders, Atkinson had been driven round the bend by analogies--which are, not coincidentally, banished from the New SAT. But some academics are now offering an elegy for the analogy: "Analogical thinking is at the very foundation of how we make use of old knowledge to understand new things," says Lohman. "It may take a long time to understand how our solar system is set up, but if someone could use that information to help you understand the structure of an atom, it speeds the process up...When we learn, we have to do this...
...it’s just like putting someone to bed.” For shorter distances, Chauvière hits the open road without the nuisance of nagging back-seat drivers—his passengers are among the most subdued around. “I’ve driven it all,” says Chauvière. “We mostly used a white van, but I also drove a hearse and a limousine. I’m a licensed chauffeur,” he says, flashing his Louisiana chauffeur’s license...
...developing nations like Mali, whose needs are often overlooked. "In Africa, we are not powerful," she says. "This music is just to say: we are not O.K. But - there is always a message of hope." Her most spirited missive is Niènafîng, a drum-driven salute to her homeland. "Who dares say that Mali has nothing to offer?" she demands. After listening to Bowmboï, nobody would dare...
...Grand National Party policy. But if it catches on, the left-of-center Roh has only himself to blame. His proposal for a mid-December referendum left Koreans stunned and wary, chiefly because he vowed to resign if rejected. Even though corruption scandals and the administration's indecisiveness have driven Roh's approval rating down to an anemic 25%, voters fear that his exit would leave them rudderless in the face of a stagnant economy and the North Korean nuclear-weapons crisis. Polls indicate voters would back their leader, who has more than four years left in his presidential term...