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...November. The success of the surge has diminished the role of Iraq in the U.S. campaign; but the political - and electoral - ramifications of the next decision on troop levels remain an open question. Bush even said Saturday that the current draw down, which is expected to bring troops to pre-surge levels by July, and as low as 100,000 by the end of the year, could be reversed if Petraeus decides he needs to beef back...
...Another thing we worry about is the increasingly pre-professional perspective that students bring to bear on their academic choices. We ask our advisers to encourage students to look at course selection and concentration choice in new and “outside the box” ways, hoping to discourage the perception among students that choosing a concentration is merely an administrative hurdle or a stepping-stone to a career...
That was November 2006, and Capranica's Stations of the Cross are still missing. During pre-Easter celebrations, when parishioners would traditionally recite all 14 stations using the paintings as their guide, they had to pray before 14 small wooden crosses instead. The theft has left Capranica's small community with a sense of loss that is deep and personal, as if an old friend had disappeared. "We grew up with those paintings," says Marina, who owns a card shop across from St. John. "Yesterday," adds her mother Maria, "I was looking at those nude walls and I felt...
...South Carolina staff. Voters, already upset by his support of an immigration-reform bill in Congress, gave up on him. But Trey Walker, McCain's state campaign manager, remains optimistic. "The McCain resurgence is palpable," he says, adding that the campaign is now at about three-quarters of its pre-July strength...
...immigration reform bill in Congress, gave up on him. "They thought that the campaign was over," says Trey Walker, McCain's campaign manager in the state. But Walker remains optimistic. "The McCain resurgence is palpable," he said, adding that the campaign was now at about three-quarters its pre-July stength...