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...typical microbe, most of the genes hopped from one species to another at some point in the history of life. In some ways, the history of life is indeed like a tree, sprouting new branches. But in some ways, it's also like a tapestry, emerging from a loom, its genetic threads woven together in new combinations...
...that came with what we ran on and how we were elected," Gibbs explained Sunday, when asked about the criticism. "I think people will be able to look, though, in three months and see quite obviously that change has come to Washington." In the short term, however, the trees loom front and center, as the White House tries to get people like Daschle confirmed by the U.S. Senate so he can help change a lobbying culture he has long called...
...appear to be, by and large, staying their hand in the expectation that sympathetic Sunni politicians - who boycotted the last provincial election, in 2005 - will take a number of seats from Kurdish and Shi'ite rivals and potentially reshape the political map in their favor. (Read "As Iraqi Elections Loom, al-Sadr's Political Clout Fades...
...down by 40% to 60%, according to the Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India. "The entire tourist season of 2008-09 is totally ruined," says FHRAI secretary-general Harish Sud, "We're expecting a 25% fall in the number of tourists. Large-scale layoffs loom on the horizon...
...been an international legitimization of such a strike in Pakistan," says Dipankar Banerjee, director of the Delhi-based Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. While few think India will take such provocative action, the ruling Congress Party is facing intense domestic pressure from opposition parties that, as elections loom, have labeled Singh's administration as soft on terrorism. "The Congress Party has to be seen as strong. The country's asking for it," says Banerjee...