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Staph returned to Ohio and worked on drills with his father. The elder Staph understood his sons desire to return to play the game he loved for all of his life, and did what he could to help...
...almost unanimous and vocal support from Congress has surprised the former President. Quite a few members of Congress questioned the elder Bush's decision to attack Iraq on the ground in Kuwait. They urged him to wait for economic sanctions to take effect, and there were scary stories about the military's shipping over 50,000 body bags. That sort of political division is not yet apparent, but No. 41 has warned his son of the questions that will surely follow this surge of patriotism...
...Ladens and Husseins and Assads succeed in driving us from the Muslim world and remaking the vastness and variety of Islamic civilization in their own dark image. In this light, whether Bush wins re-election is ultimately immaterial—victorious leaders from Churchill to Bush the Elder have been turned out of office by the fickle popular will. Before the bar of history, he will be judged on whether he wins the war that has been so suddenly and shockingly given...
...tight-knit core of advisers who would guide him for three decades was already in place, led by his elder sister, Nobuko, who ran his Diet office; his younger brother, Masaya, who runs his Yokosuka home office; and Iijima, the political operative who takes care of his media and campaign strategies. What Koizumi lacked was the vital player in every politician's entourage: there was no Mrs. Koizumi. In 1977, the inner circle presented him with dozens of photos of potential spouses, which he stacked high on his parliamentary office desk. The one that caught...
...deal with Pyong-yang. Above all, step back from the day-to-day fray of party politics and act presidential. Otherwise, they warned, his presidency could unravel. "I told him: 'You are the Nobel Prize winner,'" recalls Park Jong Wha, a Presbyterian minister. "'You should focus on becoming an elder statesman. You should be like South Africa's Nelson Mandela...