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...losing their one-vote hold on the Senate. A unified Republican government, they warn, will decide everything from the shape of the next Supreme Court to whether Social Security, environmental rules or business regulations survive in anything like their current form. Since Independent voters in particular tend to prefer their government divided and its powers balanced, the Democrats are hoping that they can be persuaded to ignore candidates' deficiencies and vote strategically--that countering the power of a Republican White House is more important than, say, punishing Wellstone for breaking his promise to retire after two terms or Iowa...
...Turks don't believe the Iraqi Kurds' insistence that they don't want a state, only autonomy and cultural rights in a federal Iraq. Turkey fears that those demands are a prelude to a push for full independence. Obviously, even if that's something they'd ultimately prefer, it's not something the Kurds can actually say, because they need U.S. support. And the U.S. won't get the crucial support of Turkey if the outcome of a war would be Kurdish independence in Iraq. So even when asked privately about independence, Kurdish leaders will simply...
...from the menu as a possible redemption. I ordered the brulée and was once again let down with a resounding “oeuf!” as the burnt sugar crust required just a bit too much push to crack, and the chilled custard beneath (I prefer warm) had a hint of a stale dairy taste, suggesting that it had been in the no doubt adorably quaint Frigidaire for a bit too long. Even a cup of Earl Grey tea tasted like the parsley that was liberally sprinkled over everything else...
...nation, and so he is, by definition a terrorist, but on the other hand these shootings probably don't originate with al-Qaeda. Foreign terrorists, as we've come to understand them in the post-9/11 world, are not prone to calling attention to themselves. They prefer to get in, act, and get out as silently as possible. This sniper is taunting the police, surfacing again and again to perform identical crimes. This kind of violence is more in line with domestic terrorism, a la Eric Rudolph, the man suspected of bombing several abortion clinics in the South...
...losing their one-vote hold on the Senate. A unified Republican government, they warn, will decide everything from the shape of the next Supreme Court to whether Social Security, environmental rules or business regulations survive in anything like their current form. Since Independent voters in particular tend to prefer their government divided and its powers balanced, the Democrats are hoping that they can be persuaded to ignore candidates' deficiencies and vote strategically - that countering the power of a Republican White House is more important than, say, punishing Wellstone for breaking his promise to retire after two terms or Iowa...