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...understand what Rumsfeld is up to now unless you can picture the wringer he has just been through. Many lawmakers returned from summer vacation lugging complaints from voters about the mess in Iraq. Bush's polls began to fall, and to halt the slide, the White House ran to the U.N., ostensibly to get help with troops and money but really to calm political anxieties at home. When that effort stalled, the White House tried a different tack: it leaked word to the New York Times that all Iraq policymaking was being centralized at the White House under National Security...
...swaying on the hood of a car, then cuts away and swoops in from other angles. It is an auspicious start: Evans looks better than ever in a sexy, shoulder-revealing top and denim Capris, with pale blue pumps. Meanwhile, the schlep who cheated on her is a total mess. He lives in a dark trailer illuminated only by the television screen, eating microwavable meals and drinking spoiled milk. Since their break, he has been reduced to dating a frightening, stocky bowling alley employee and stealing beer ineptly from the local liquor store. Evans watches his mishaps with smug satisfaction...
...Sony's defense, the 32S2000 has some great features. The display, including the stand, weights 5.5 lbs. less than Sharp's. Also, it has video input jacks that are accessible from behind, making it easier to mess with your inputs when you're using the stand. In truth, though I had to pick a winner, there's no loser here: you would be proud to own either of these sets. The real winner is LCD technology. It's the future, at least...
...tosses them into the pot without looking. Onstage before a crowd of 400 at the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago, Batali is demonstrating how to make fregula soup with clams. It's a simple recipe--fregula is just a kind of pasta--but the soup looks a mess. An intemperate amount of chili flakes has gone in, as has what seemed unadvisedly large pinches of saffron, which has a neat but metallic flavor that can overwhelm. As Batali stumbles over a loose cord onstage, it occurs to me that he must be exhausted. It's noon Sunday...
There is also a far more immediate reason for congressional Republicans to find some way to bridge their divide on immigration: they are short on tangible accomplishments in this midterm-election year. A law that would address the immigration mess would give them something to brag about as voters get ready to go to the polls. "We need to have a [presidential] signing ceremony on the border before the fall," says one of the G.O.P.'s top strategists. "We need to get it done...