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Kravetz disagreed, saying that with the “drumbeats of war” rallying support for Bush, Gore had slipped out of the limelight...
Karl Rove spent last week where he usually does, out of the limelight. But that didn't stop Democrats from seeing Rove everywhere, his invisible hand guiding all that the White House has done to prepare the country for war. For months Democrats have suspected that Rove, President Bush's chief strategist, was manipulating the war on terror to Republicans' political advantage. In August, when Democratic operative Jim Jordan was asked how war might affect the November elections, he replied caustically, "You mean when General Rove calls in the air strikes in October?" And when majority leader Tom Daschle erupted...
Karl Rove spent last week where he usually does, out of the limelight. But that didn't stop Democrats from seeing Rove everywhere, his invisible hand guiding all that the White House has done to prepare the country for war. For months Democrats have suspected that Rove, President Bush's chief strategist, was manipulating the war on terror to Republicans' political advantage. In August, when Democratic operative Jim Jordan was asked how war might affect the November elections, he replied caustically, "You mean when General Rove calls in the air strikes in October?" And when majority leader Tom Daschle erupted...
...executive masters degree in business administration from Peking University and completes a law degree this month, says he's accustomed to international competition and knows how to adjust his game. "To improve, you must give up some of your old habits," Li says. By stepping out of the limelight, the former Olympian figures he can help the team...
...Benedict's summation that turned the tide. A tweedy, silver-haired George Plimpton type who shuns the limelight, Benedict was soft-spoken for most of the trial. (At one point a member of the jury even had to ask him to speak up.) But his closing argument was a tour de force. Orchestrating a barrage of tapes, photographs and flashing transcripts, Benedict wove dozens of disparate facts into a simple scenario as chilling as any thriller: Skakel, jealous because Moxley flirted with Tommy, beat her to death in a drunken rage, masturbated over her body, then crept back...