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...traditionally Democratic Hispanics, who gave him 40% of their vote in 2004 and are believed to have been crucial to his re-election. Hispanics account for about half the population increase in the U.S. Florida Senator Mel Martinez, a Republican, warned his party last week that it risks losing ground with "individuals who share our values on so many different issues." Former Republican Party chairman Ed Gillespie, a close adviser to the White House, said, "The Republican majority already rests too heavily on white voters, and current demographic voting percentages will not allow us to hold our majority...
What's the first thing you do if the ground beneath you starts to rumble and the walls begin to shake? Grab the kids and run? Check your home-insurance policy? Fall on your knees and pray for deliverance? All logical enough reactions, but not your very first one. Instead, even when faced with imminent disaster, you'll spend precious time asking, "What was that?" It's called the cognitive imperative, the uniquely human, hardwired instinct to link cause with effect that gave us a vital evolutionary advantage over other animal species. After all, the noise could be just...
...Crimson was down 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning. The inning began with a ground out to second by Halpenny. Kidder singled to shortstop and advanced to second base on an error. She scored on a single by Murray to tie the game at 5. Junior Sarah Shaughnessy pinch ran for Murray and advanced to second on a single by Adams. Kerper doubled to score Shaughnessy, ending the game...
...Facing his constituents, Straw said defiantly, "Now some here may accuse me of being immune to the heard realities on the ground in Iraq. I am not. What I am, and I make no apology for it, is firm in my view that democracy will ultimately triumph...
...took U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice personally working the phones, and ceding a little ground, to seal the deal - which gave Iran 30 days to suspend its uranium enrichment activities or face as yet unspecified consequences. In the last several days, Rice has spoken to her counterpart, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, on a number of occasions, to try and bridge the gap. On the last phone call Wednesday morning, state department officials said, Rice agreed to ask the British to strike a line from their draft statement suggesting that Iran?s rogue behavior might constitute a "threat...