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...President's advisers insist that the re-election campaign has not begun and that the President will stay above the fray of politics until the last possible moment. But that is simply spin, a transparent effort to keep Bush enthroned as the regal war President for as long as possible. In many ways, the campaign that nearly failed in 2000 has never ended. When Karl Rove, the President's celebrated political strategist, drew up Bush's campaign strategy in 1998, he was thinking ahead not just two years but six, to 2004, because re-election is what defines a successful...
Many of the Idolettes break from Idol--with its nasty barbs from judge Simon Cowell--through an assertive positivity. They insist, sometimes despite heavy evidence to the contrary, that the contestants are good and gifted enough and that, doggone it, people like them. In this new, post-mean reality, America is Lake Wobegon, and all its residents are above average...
...hours that there will be no gap between the loss of Rieman and the availability of a new building, he has left it up to FAS to determine where the space will come from. College administrators like Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth ’71 insist space will be found, but say they have not identified any workable candidates for conversion or construction of such a technically complicated building on this side of the river...
...after collapsing one more time, she underwent a more comprehensive and rigorous stress test, which revealed a blockage that required bypass surgery after earlier treatments ended in failure. Now when Kastan talks to women's groups about heart disease, she tells them they need to know their risks and insist that doctors take them seriously...
While both Morris and Soriano insist they are pleased with the ultimate results, it was largely expected—by the media and draft experts, it should be noted—that at least one of them would be amongst the 262 players selected by 32 NFL teams...