Word: pep
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NOTEBOOK: Gaza heats up; missing information on Abu Ghraib abuse; Bush blows a G.O.P. pep talk...
With Bush's poll numbers sinking and Republicans in Congress bickering among themselves, it was surely a good time for the President to pay a visit to Capitol Hill to rally the troops. And his pep talk on Iraq to G.O.P. legislators last weekan Iraqi President, he said, would one day come to the U.S. and "thank us for what we've done"--got the expected public raves from those in charge of the party's message. "To the last person in there, we're all behind him," said Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum...
...boffo reviews, eating turkey with the troops and taking everyone by surprise. Rumsfeld flew secretly to Iraq with just a few aides and, not surprisingly, a press pool. His notices were equally positive as he choppered through a sandstorm to the Abu Ghraib prison and then to a pep rally at the palace that had several hundred troops cheering. Rumsfeld seemed as moved by that welcome as he had seemed stunned by his congressional grilling the week before, when he conceded that it was "possible" that the situation might be improved by his resignation. But he tried to bury that...
This month Cody will reap a huge personal reward for her efforts: Elizabeth will graduate from high school. A few years ago, Cody sat watching Elizabeth's pep squad perform at a football game, wearing red, white and blue, the school colors. "Suddenly I'm watching, and I realize I can't pick her out of the crowd. She wasn't so bad!" says Cody. "I just burst into tears. I never ever thought I would see the day when she'd just be one of the girls in high school, out there on the field with all the other...
...fund for future generations - like the thousand young Catholics gathered at a conference in Ermera, a coffee-growing area some 50 km from Dili. It's taken Prime Minister Alkatiri and his escort almost three hours to make the hazardous road journey here, but at the end of his pep talk, he takes 90 minutes of questions. The main issue seems to be the security situation over the coming months, as U.N. forces are wound down. Alkatiri is also asked to explain himself over corruption allegations brought by U.S. company Oceanic Explorations. With a stagnant economy, students want...