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...years, is not considered to have the Mississippian's ability to work closely with Democrats, or to compromise. And as far as the right wing of the GOP is concerned, that's just fine. For moderates, however, and even for President Bush, Nickles' tendency for intractability could mean more fruitless standoffs with Democrats - catastrophe, in other words, for the bipartisan spirit. Nickles' record - for drilling in ANWR, vehemently opposed to all types of abortion EM] is solidly pro-growth and anti-government intrusion. In other words, he would have no trouble filling Lott's seat at the table...
Meanwhile, Saddam's game is to showcase Iraq's cooperation. Compared with the harassment inspectors encountered in the 1990s, Iraq last week set a pattern of spontaneous assistance, unlocking doors, handing over documents. Saddam let photographers shoot images of fruitless inspections that gradually took on a somewhat silly air and made Bush's hasty criticism look unfair. Iraq's President scored p.r. points in the Arab world for his willingness to endure humiliating intrusions even into his palaces. Although the U.N. teams studiously refused to disclose any findings, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, in contrast to Bush, that "Iraq...
...Meanwhile, Saddam's game is to showcase Iraq's cooperation. Compared with the harassment inspectors encountered in the 1990s, Iraq last week set a pattern of spontaneous assistance, unlocking doors, handing over documents. Saddam let photographers shoot images of fruitless inspections that gradually took on a somewhat silly air and made Bush's hasty criticism look unfair. Iraq's President scored p.r. points in the Arab world for his willingness to endure humiliating intrusions even into his palaces. Although the U.N. teams studiously refused to disclose any findings, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, in contrast to Bush, that "Iraq...
...life. Both were telecom executives; Brockman, 36, got laid off in July and Balla, 39, a few months earlier. Savings and unemployment benefits have kept them afloat, allowing them to hold on to their comfortable home and even their part-time nanny--for now. The job hunt has proved fruitless. "I don't think there's a position on Monster.com even tangentially related to our industry that he hasn't applied for," says Brockman of her husband...
Whatever Moussaoui's true tale may be, the Minnesota field office was convinced he was worth checking out. Agents spent much of the next two weeks in an increasingly frantic--and ultimately fruitless--effort to persuade FBI headquarters to authorize a national-security warrant to search Moussaoui's computer. From Washington, requests were sent to authorities in Paris for background details on the suspect. Like most things having to do with Moussaoui, the contents of the dossier sent over from Paris are in dispute. One senior French law-enforcement source told TIME the Americans were given "everything they needed...