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...media savvy and people skills deteriorated also over time, due in equal parts to hubris with voters and her increasing distate for the G.O.P.'s control of Washington. But had she found a way to beat Johnson, even she would have held this seat for Democrats in November...
...flinch. "We are so used to it now," says owner Trish Elmy, who sometimes puts up a barrier of water sprinklers to deter the mob from fighting near-or collapsing in-her property. "We know nothing gets done, so what can we do?" It's a frustration expressed in equal measure by victims and legal authorities. Some locals call the drinking epidemic "green-can Dreaming," a reference to the packaging of the popular Victoria Bitter beer and the paralytic state many indigenous drinkers attain. But this Dreaming long ago became a nightmare. Under its influence, many drinkers spend their entire...
...camping out," says Burton. Those stockmen may have been flint hard, he says, but they were also well looked after. They were paid in provisions-sugar, tea, butter, flour and meat. Their kids were often sent to private schools, the fees paid by wealthy pastoralists. "The [late '60s] equal-pay decision mucked up the old system," says Burton. "It made workers too expensive. So most Aborig-inal stockmen ended up losing their jobs, stuck on welfare...
...current U.S. thinking, sectarian conflict is considered, if anything, more dangerous than the anti-U.S. insurgency; as a result, disarming the Shi'ite militias today is given equal priority to defusing the insurgency by making political concessions to the Sunnis. Prime Minister Maliki's government stands committed to both objectives, although progress has been negligible on both fronts. Ambassador Patey's Hizballah reference, however, is notable, not only for the similarities between the two movements, but also for the connection it draws between the crisis in Lebanon and the fate of Iraq...
...ranging from $99 to more than $1,000 - promise personally tailored "nutrigenetic" advice. Customers provide the firms with a DNA sample in the form of a cheek swab and a detailed description of dietary and lifestyle habits. According to the agency, the reports peddled by these firms are in equal parts misleading, vague to the point of uselessness and based on scientifically dubious claims. The GAO sent in profiles for 14 mock customers - each with a unique lifestyle and physical profile - but derived from only two DNA sources. According to the GAO, the companies sent back a variety of reports...