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Members of the crew team are the most vocal in their opposition, though they face only a 33-day dead-time. Hunter R. Rawlings III, Cornell president and chair of the council of Ivy presidents, shortened the rest period for crew to 33 days—the maximum the presidents could insist upon without interfering with pre-set on-water training sessions, according to Ivy League executive director Jeffrey Orleans...
Both players pushed each other to the maximum, which is where the final set went. In the tiebreaker, Chu narrowly pulled off the upset 7-5 for a 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory for one of the biggest wins of his career...
...monthly income to pay for health insurance. Unemployment benefits are based on income at the old job, and higher-paid workers are more likely to qualify. But the amount varies dramatically from state to state, and even those who merit $1,720 a month--the maximum in such generous states as Pennsylvania--can find it a painful comedown from a salary five or 10 times that amount. Most states provide benefits for only 26 weeks, a period of unemployment that half of white-collar workers today exceed. Congress passed a law in March that temporarily extended the period...
...deeper question facing the President is to what extent he still needs UN authorization politically, despite the congressional vote. The Administration is certainly aware that the extent of congressional support for the war resolution was determined by the administration's decision to work through the UN to achieve maximum support for any move against Iraq. And opinion polls continue to indicate that the American public is more comfortable waging war on Iraq with UN backing and a wide coalition than doing so alone...
Reviving the al-Qaeda--Baghdad link had a lot to do with Bush's efforts to follow a victory in the Congress with another win at the United Nations--a challenge that now preoccupies U.S. diplomats. To get the maximum number of votes in the U.N. Security Council, European allies, led by Britain, have been pressing Washington to give Iraq an option of forestalling war by cooperating with weapons inspections, a carrot before the stick. The Bush team is willing to go along--but not for very long. The White House circulated a draft resolution late last week that accepts...