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...wasn't very red: "We simply can't drill our way to energy independence, even if you drilled in all of John McCain's backyards - including the ones he can't even remember." The relentless inclusion, in virtually every speech, of a vague and sketchy story about Americans fallen on hard times, lost whatever power it may have had by early evening, at the latest...
Bolt is an exciting showman and, clearly, a gifted runner, but is he an inimitable oddity, or proof that athletes are simply getting faster overall? World speed records have fallen like dominoes at these Olympic Games (in swimming too, you may have heard), and experts think humans can get faster still. Half a century or ago or so, we didn't believe a human could run a 4-min. mile - until Roger Bannister proved us wrong in 1954 when he ran it in 3 mins. 59.4 secs. At the 1936 Games in Berlin, sprinter Jesse Owens won the 100m gold...
...cost subsidiary of SAS Airlines, Spanair has fallen on hard times lately, and it recently announced cutbacks, including that of 100 pilots. Its current economic status will surely raise questions about whether cost-cutting measures contributed to the accident. The airline has stated that the 1993 craft passed its most recent inspection in May of this year...
Many military and security strategist argue for a major, muscular effort to beat the Taliban back and force their allies to scramble for cover. In France at least, there is likely to be popular support for political leaders to do just that. As the nation laid its fallen forces to rest, public sentiment was growing that the only way to give their deaths meaning was through victory...
...French President Nicolas Sarkozy interrupted his summer vacation to travel to Kabul, pay tribute to the fallen French soldiers and underline that his support of the Afghan mission "remains intact." "Even though the toll is so high, you should be proud of what you are doing," Sarkozy told French forces. "The work that you're doing here is indispensable...