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...Despite those concerns, Bush's job-approval ratings lifted a bit. The TIME poll of 1,002 adult Americans, conducted August 22-24, put Bush's rating at 38%, up three percentage points from a TIME poll Aug. 9-10. His handling of the economy rated approval by 38% as well, up five points, and his handling of Iraq edged up to 34%, a four-point improvement. Congress fared worse, with only 30% approving of its performance. Asked how they would vote if elections for Congress were held today, 51% of the registered voters among the respondents said they...
...Bush Administration is finalizing what amounts to a four-point plan to end the fighting in Lebanon in a manner that prevents further violence between Hizballah and Israel, Arab sources tell TIME. "The Administration wants a complete solution," says one source. Washington's thinking is bold, they say, and includes a recipe both for ending the current fighting and preventing any resurgence. But there may be potent resistance to elements of the plan from Hizballah and Iran...
...when Republican Brian Bilbray - who, as both a former Congressman and a lobbyist, held the two least popular credentials imaginable in 2006 - won by a surprisingly comfortable four-point margin over Democrat Francine Busby, a local school board member, his party was quick to exult. "National Democrats did not discover their shock wave in San Diego," National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds, who runs the House election effort for the GOP, said in a statement that landed in the e-mail boxes of political reporters shortly after dawn on Wednesday. "National Democrats must come to terms with the fact...
...appearances on CNBC this week to bark out a stern conservation message. "If everyone cut back their driving by 3% we?d have gasoline coming out of our ears!" he told viewers. But he's one of the few lawmakers willing to publicly encourage cutting back. The President's four-point plan to reduce gas prices includes no mention of encouraging personal conservation - even though he has in the past pushed measures that create incentives to do so like giving tax breaks for making energy conserving home improvements. And at Bush's meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday, "everybody listened...
...minutes, so I just took advantage of what I got.” But before Tay took over, the Lions, fresh off a heartbreaking overtime loss to Dartmouth the night before, turned the first half into a back-and-forth battle in which Harvard’s brief four-point lead with 14:44 remaining would be the biggest margin of the half. The Lions gained momentum on four early three-pointers to stay in the game, a stark contrast to the teams’ February game in which Harvard dominated from the first jump. “We?...