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...later and 80 frozen miles away, McCain showed up in a Des Moines suburb, one stop on his three-day private plane hopscotch across the state. "I'm asking for your vote because I believe that the transcendent challenge of the 21st Century is radical Islamic extremism," McCain told a crowd of more than 200 in the suburb of Windsor Heights. "I wouldn't be seeking this office if it were not for that challenge...
...which Clinton largely shared, summed up Democratic foreign policy at the turn of the millennium. In a globalized world, bad things that happen in other countries spread more quickly to our shores. Genocides spawn refugees, who destabilize their neighbors. Corruption sparks financial meltdowns, which rock the world economy. Pandemics hopscotch across the globe. Blair's answer was for Britain and the U.S., working through international institutions, to intervene more aggressively in the domestic affairs of other nations: to strengthen their financial and public-health systems, to push them toward capitalism and democracy, and in cases of extreme neglect and abuse...
President George W. Bush is hoping he is being underestimated one last time. Promising that his Republicans will hold both the House and the Senate on Tuesday, the President used Air Force One to hopscotch the Sun Belt and Midwest as he closed out a campaign that could determine whether he spends the next two years on offense or defense. In Nebraska on Sunday, Bush grabbed one of the yellow, corncob-shaped hats worn by supporters and held it up for the cameras, delighting a packed rodeo arena decked with "Victory in the Heartland" signs along with hay bales, corn...
...shows that it is not so hard.” “Once you know the basics you can do it and then get more involved,” she said. Several particularly interested participants mentioned considerations of trying out for Candela. Breakdancing lessons involved comparisons to hopscotch and rolling on the floor. Although no volunteers seemed ready to do any street performing, instructor Kunle O. Oladehin ’07 noted that “people picked up really quickly and wished that there was more time.” The presenters ended by encouraging people to come...
...PLAYING IN THE STREET Hopscotch in front of the house? Street hockey? Not in Chico, Calif. "Baseball or any other game" is banned from any "sidewalk, lane or alley...