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...tried to rally his troops for the coming election. It was a dispiriting experience; the days were before-and-after snapshots of his Administration. The first day was what Bush probably expected his presidency would be when he was elected in 2001: a jaunt through North Carolina, visiting a magnet school and a wonderful camp for children with chronic diseases established by retired Nascar star Richard Petty, followed by the inevitable fund-raising dinner. That was George W. Bush as I had first known him, passionate and compassionate, a convincing advocate for the need to reauthorize his No Child Left...
...sticking up for his beloved army in a less-than-media-savvy way. Blair held a press conference, stating that he agreed with every one of Dannatt's words. (Oh, sure: just imagine Blair saying that his ambitions for Iraq might have been naive, that British troops are a magnet for attack, or that they should leave soon because the army is under strain.) In Washington, criticism of U.S. strategy and tactics flows copiously from retired generals, but serving military have been more circumspect in their comments. Ambitious officers remember the fate of Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki...
...from Blair's policy, they certainly remind the public in a way that embarrasses Downing St.- as well as Washington - how difficult if not impossible that policy will be to achieve. Blair would never state that his ambitions for Iraq might have been na?ve, that British troops are a magnet for attack or should leave soon. The fact that Dannatt's views are widely shared among senior officers only intensifies the awkwardness for the Prime Minister...
...proposals have also drawn fierce opposition from those who argue that the state should not be diverting more resources to charter schools. "The first charters were similar to magnet schools - the school served a specific purpose in a specific location," says Garnet Coleman, a state legislator from Houston. "In my opinion, charters were started as election tools for the 2002 gubernatorial election...
...processing this directive] launched an urban-regeneration scheme that today is starting to bear real fruit. The sex workers and pushers are gone and a Gürtel address is now one of the most fashionable in the Austrian capital. Cocktail lounges, nightclubs and restaurants that act as a magnet for Vienna's well-heeled scenemakers have replaced the workshops and long-suffering traders who once made their homes beneath the brick archways of the U-bahn - the Gürtel's elevated railway. A restaurant like BABU, tel: (43-1) 479 48 49, is the perfect avatar...