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Bush set the date last November, when the growing number of body bags bearing home dead U.S. troops drove the Administration to rethink its deliberate, step-by-step timeline for reconstructing Iraq. Iraqis, the U.N. and reluctant peacekeeping nations were also clamoring to bring the occupation to a rapid end. So the Administration rewrote the political timetable to speed up the process of restoring national authority to the Iraqis and settled on the June deadline as a reasonable date--some say chosen mainly with an eye on U.S. elections--for a handover. Bush had said, "We're not leaving until...
...RESTRICTIONS. Read that fine-print pamphlet for any caveats about how rewards can be earned or spent. For example, points on the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards card expire after 12 months, so you have to rack up 19,200 points (or $19,200 in everyday purchases) in one year to qualify for a free ticket...
...faux listener. People who are just waiting to speak tip their hands by saying things like "uh-huh, uh-huh" in rapid fire...
...Bush political team, though, believes it is getting the kinks out of the system. One example: campaign and Republican National Committee (R.N.C.) rapid-response makers had been labeling Kerry a "Massachusetts liberal," not knowing that Bush likes attacks to be more specific. "He doesn't like it because it doesn't tell you anything," says a top Bush aide. "Tell people what that means. That's what he wants." Result: the campaign no longer uses the shorthand phrase Massachusetts liberal. Bush last week instead pointed to the particular when he told Republican Governors, "The candidates are an interesting group, with...
...actually got from their real students at the end of a semester. Apparently, it takes real students very little time—seconds, really—to form long-lasting and detailed judgments about their teachers. Psychologists argue that the same goes for us all: We make rapid judgments about everyone we meet based on nonverbal cues, physical appearance and gestures. These first impressions are emotional, irrational reactions that quickly concretize into permanent opinions. Maybe our initial judgments stick because they really are accurate and continue to reflect the other people’s personalities long after we?...