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...change in these women has already reshaped voting patterns. Their new attitude helps explain why the gender gap that had worked to the Democrats' advantage since Ronald Reagan was in office narrowed sharply in last fall's congressional elections. For the first time in more than a decade, the Republicans had near parity with women. President Bush's top political adviser Karl Rove believes a shift among women with children under 18 was a major factor in the G.O.P.'s historic victory in last year's midterms, in which the President became the first Republican in a century...
While the regime held power, few dared to speak of any discord between the brothers, who have three sisters and a seldom-mentioned half-brother from Saddam's second marriage. But insiders are now opening up with tales of great strains between them. These tensions may help explain why, according to both a family servant and the source familiar with Uday's surrender bid, the brothers went separate ways when it came time to go into hiding. Uday, the second source says, is laying low with a number of aides, while Saddam and Qusay remained together, until recently at least...
...temple with no understanding of what you're looking at is incredibly boring. A quick visit to the official website of the Rumtek Dharma Chakra Centre, one of Sikkim's main religious destinations, will let you expound sagaciously about the turquoise and coral of the main stupa and explain the meaning of the butter-and-rice sculptures to your stupa-fied travel companions. A schedule of special ceremonies, such as the Mahakala mask dances and Tibetan New Year celebrations, will enable you to sound even more erudite...
...have found that risks have characteristics that determine how we subconsciously “decide”—based on emotion and intuition as much as or more than on the facts—what to be afraid of and how afraid to be. Their work helps explain why our fears so often don’t match the facts...
Scalise said that he wished to allow Floerchinger to explain his reasons for leaving himself and declined to comment further...