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...Bush acknowledged late last week, he would prefer that U.S. citizens and the Security Council back him in this fight. That's why Powell spent the weekend at home in northern Virginia, honing his performance. Bush made clear that this "final push" for U.N. benediction would last "weeks, not months." To the true believers, Powell's message may feel like time wasted, but his success is crucial for the Security Council leaders who need credible cover if they are to join Bush on a crusade their own citizens overwhelmingly oppose. And it is crucial also in reassuring millions of Americans...
Another misconception which the initial results clarify is the notion that faculty members are anxious to take control of their institution. In all types of schools, those questioned indicated that they would like to decrease the time spent in administrative capacities. They would prefer a "quasi-democratic" institution in which they could be influential yet not actually fill administrative posts...
...special arrangement, the Veterans Administration will reimburse men under the G.L Bill for the purchase of books from the AVC files. Many veterans prefer to pay the low prices in cash, however, to avoid overcharging their allowances, Lofchte noted...
...Kong? The unpretentious nature of the place is conducive to rambunctious behavior, attracting folks who prefer cheap drinks and bad hip-hop to sipping twelve-dollar chocolate martinis and strutting around in tight black pants. Throw in the possible town-gown tension, and you have yourself the ideal setting for some late-night, booze-bred donnybrooking...
...would prefer the city just continue to move forward rather than make a spectacle of an expression of sympathy,” he said...