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People recognize that government can't do everything and that most of us have to take individual responsibility, but what we do expect is that government can help. So those kinds of arguments have been resolved in the minds of the American people for a long time, but they still drive politics in Washington. And one of the things we have to do in this campaign is to break out of some of those old arguments. And what, frankly, the McCain campaign wants to do is to try to push us back into those old arguments. So the campaign they...
...start immediately, when eight riders bunch up atop a three-story hill. At "go," expect a show. "You go 5 ft., then 'kink,' it drops almost straight down, about 60°," says Donny Robinson, the top-ranked rider for the U.S. men. "It's like going down a roller coaster, a 'just hang on' kind of thing." The racers will all be moving at 40 m.p.h., jostling for inside position. Calamities are commonplace: face it; that's part of the appeal. "Anyone here who tells you they haven't crashed is a liar," says fellow American Kyle Bennett...
...Hammon, 31, argues this was the last chance to fulfill her Olympic dream after being overlooked by the U.S. team. "I don't expect everybody to understand," she says. "My mom came from the 'better dead than Red' generation. But how long do you hang on to those things?" Hammon went on to say. "This is basketball, not World...
...Supreme Court if necessary. Hernandez says that during his client's detention in El Paso, part of it in isolation, Posada dropped a lot of weight and "has not been in great health. He's being treated for a number of medical issues that one would expect in [an elderly] male who hasn't exactly had a tranquil life...
...also a reminder that, as we fight over a little offshore drilling in the U.S., rising energy prices will impact far more vulnerable ecosystems overseas, from the Amazon in South America to the vast Arctic stretches of Siberia. For now, the best we might be able to expect - until alternative fuels make oil and gas unnecessary - is adherence to the best safety standards for new exploration. After all, keeping the oil and gas in the ground may be better for the environment and the climate, but it seems unlikely. In April 2007 Rafael Correa, the President of Ecuador, made...