Word: recess
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...breathtaking white splendor, from the chalky stones that line the streets, to its snow-colored houses. The villagers manage to furnish this white canvas with vibrant color. Tsarouchas portrays the early 19th century world with engaging detail. The hay shed near the school grounds is overwhelmed by children at recess, who toss hay at each other every which way. Men and women show off beautiful costumes and masks at a village festival, where they dance to folk music. Women queue up outside church to congratulate a mother on her just-baptised baby boy. The grandfather recounts the glory of Alexander...
...until moments after Bush took the oath of office, and they delight in the opportunity provided by the shrinking surplus to accuse Republicans of raiding the Social Security trust fund and "endangering our seniors." Though intellectually suspect, it's a potent attack. Republicans returned to Congress after the recess to an internal poll that showed that voters' concern about the future of their retirement system had doubled...
...question du jour: Which party will be hurt the most by the reports of a shrinking federal surplus? U.S. Representatives and Senators, still scattered across the country for their August recess, are beginning to hear questions from constituents, many of whom are nervous: What might happen now that the pile of extra tax dollars isn't as huge as everyone originally thought? The politicians, not surprisingly, are busily crafting messages that blame the budget shortfall on the opposing party. What are the voters hearing? I decided to follow a Democrat and a Republican last week in hopes of finding...
...August is when the politicians and journalists in Washington make a deal to leave town and take the news with them. Congressmen go on recess and head back to their home districts; the White House usually follows suit. And the big-time journalists and pundits that dutifully fill newspapers, magazines, cable channels and web sites with all that familiar Beltway blather have their best chance to skip town without missing too much. (Except for those so desperate to be on television that they won't even schedule a vacation...
...decision. Majorities in both houses support federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells. The Bush compromise might be enough "to head them off at the pass," says Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, an opponent of embryonic stem-cell research. It helped that Bush timed his announcement for the summer recess, when members of Congress are scattered, making it harder for Democrats to offer a speedy, unified alternative...