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...stories of its dark arts; former Prime Minister John Major denounced it last week for "spin and deceit." Turnout on election day is expected to be low because of voter suspicion that Blair's notion of a radical second term will be more disappointment, attractively packaged. Both friend and foe can now be heard in Westminster predicting Blair will quit during the next term. A longtime adviser suggests the Prime Minister will indeed leave in four or five years, while he's still young enough to do something else - an outcome deeply desired by his heir apparent Gordon Brown...
...Despite taking a harder line, the Bush administration has actually impressed the Europeans by consulting more thoroughly with both friend and sometime foe, taking a more global and holistic approach to missile defense than its predecessor. But President Putin may hold the key to Europe's response. If he's amenable, the Europeans will follow; if he's adamantly opposed, the Europeans will back away. Of course the matter won't be settled in Bush's two-hour meet-and-greet with Putin, but the Europeans will be closely watching the signals...
However, not satisfied with their overall Vegas performance, the team headed to the Lone Star Duals in early January with a mission. And by proving a formidable foe to three schools ranked in the top eight, the Crimson definitely asserted its place among the wrestling elite. Though they fell to Iowa State, Oklahoma and Nebraska (ranked fourth, sixth and eighth, respectively), Harvard aggressively grappled these powerhouses-even forcing Nebraska to win the last bout in order to take the meet...
...trigger a tenfold increase in Chinese missiles aimed at the U.S. China's push for more weapons would act only as a spur to India, which might feel compelled to increase its arsenal to keep pace with its historical nemesis. And that could then push Pakistan, India's avowed foe, to build more nuclear weapons...
...Clearly, I think it's fair to speculate there may be issues related to how we handled ourselves." Indeed, following Boucher's invitation to speculate, it's not difficult to see what might have irritated America?s allies to the point of joining an unlikely coalition of friend and foe to thwart the U.S. in an international forum...