Word: keening
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...what's with all the end-the-war talk? The impression being created by the debate in Washington is more about politics than anything else. For starters, Democrats are playing to their base: Though most Senate Democrats support a redeployment along the lines that Bush is describing, they are keen to give voters the impression that they are all for getting the U.S. out of Iraq. And they are, but not yet. They, too, recognize a need for a strong, interim force in country to offset the threat of mass killing, secure the borders, chase al-Qaeda and deter Iranian...
...Keen to avoid the criticism it faced from players in 1999, the R & A, which oversees British Open venues, has widened the fairways this year. Carnoustie's general manager Graeme Duncan says a cold, wet spring has thinned out the rough. The winning score could be 20 or so shots lower than eight years ago, he reckons. But Carnoustie's head greens keeper, John Philp, whose fingers are stained black by the course's soil, says such a tally would be an insult to the links' distinguished history: "Golf was never meant to be a fair game, or an easy...
...more than a year, Vatican insiders knew Benedict was keen to ease restrictions on the Tridentine mass. Indeed, in the first months of his papacy, he'd met with leaders of the "schismatic" followers of the late ultratraditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who'd split with the Vatican over the introduction of the vernacular and other Vatican II reforms. In his explanatory letter, Benedict says this decree alone will not heal the rift, which is on "a deeper level." So the Pope seems to be showing the ultratraditionalists - who want to undo all the Vatican II reforms - that he will move...
...Division, the Smiths and Oasis. It also ensures that the symposium has a distinctive local flavor: a mixture of high-art and hooliganism that is peculiarly Mancunian. Although many of the 10 major acts premiering will later tour Paris, New York, Berlin and Tokyo, local organizers are keen to stress that Manchester is a natural heir to these more established cultural loci. "We are trying to draw on Manchester's inherent creativity," said Elizabeth Dawson, a public relations manager. "It's a city of firsts...
...residents are keen to point out, a mini-version of Edinburgh this is not. While that festival to the north, now in its 60th year, is far more established and, some say, genteel, Manchester's event is hoping to rival Edinburgh's cultural significance, all while retaining its edgier, Mancunian identity. "It's definitely going to raise Manchester's profile within certain circles," said Cinta, a local radio journalist. "We're normally known as a city of industry, not arts...