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...itself than it needed going in - indeed, Washington's ability to prevent its standoff with the Shiite majority over elections from erupting into confrontation now depends on a UN team agreeing that elections by June are not practical. Mr. Cheney's mission in Europe appears to have been to mend fences in order to win European backing in Iraq and elsewhere. The problem, however, is that not only was U.S. diplomatic influence was severely damaged on the march to war, but that the failure of the invasion to produce the evidence to back Washington's claims has further dented...
...jumping back into the market in the wrong sectors as they begin to feel the recovery on a personal level through, say, a bonus, a raise or a new job or simply a heightened sense of job security. Such developments tend to come after companies are already on the mend--and after an awful lot of good news has been factored into stock prices. Consider that while you were logging 14-hour days at the office and repeatedly refinancing your house to make ends meet, the stock market was on a tear. The Dow is up 41% from...
...Berkeley is justifiably pleased that, after years of hard work with outreach and recruitment, the presence of under-represented minority students had recovered to earlier levels,” wrote Edley, who as special counsel to President Clinton helped fashion that administration’s “mend it, don’t end it” approach to affirmative action...
TIME: Nevertheless, we're happy to have you. What's your view of this recovery? Bond yields are rising, suggesting we're firmly on the mend...
...things began to change when a school nurse told the McGoeys about a program called MEND (mind, exercise, nutrition, diet), started by Paul Sacher, a dietitian at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Hannah enrolled last September, and by the time the program ended 10 weeks later, she had shed nearly 5 lbs. and grown more than an inch. That wasn't all. Once a shy, clingy child, Hannah, who is now 4 ft. 11 in. tall and weighs 84 lbs., brims with confidence and loves physical activity. "I didn't swim much before," she says...