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...only tree capable of growing in the shade of a Norway maple is another Norway maple," Smith says. It tends to crowd other plants out of their natural habitats and the result is a monoculture forest - only one kind of tree as far as the eye can see. The result is a sicker, less beautiful forest (the leaves of the Norway maple, for example, don't turn brilliant colors in the fall, like other types of native maples) that alters the diversity of the natural food chain and harms local wildlife...
...angelesI consider stopping waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars our highest priority. We have held hearings on the waste of dollars in the crop-insurance program and in Iraq contracts with Halliburton. It is shocking that we took $12 billion and sent it to Iraq and as a result we have $8.8 billion that can't be accounted...
...Bush's claim of executive privilege and not testify. In response, Rep. Linda Sanchez, a California Democrat and chairwoman of a House Judiciary subcommittee, ruled that the President's claims of executive privilege on behalf of Miers were not legally valid, setting into motion a process that could potentially result in charges of contempt being filed against the former aide...
...months, in part because she is in an unexpected footrace for the churchgoing vote. According to a poll for TIME by Pulsar Research, Obama is viewed as a person of strong religious faith by three times as many Republicans as Clinton is, and he reaps political benefits as a result. His approval ratings in red states match Giuliani's, and while Clinton's unfavorable ratings among conservative Protestants are at 65%, Obama's hover...
...least one Democrat, another piece of conventional wisdom is working in his favor. Democrats have long outsourced religion to their African-American members, showing up in black churches the weekend before elections to clap along to gospel tunes, and treating black ministers as cuddly social justice mascots. As a result, black politicians rarely need to prove their religiosity-they're given the benefit of the doubt. Obama is no exception. On the ranking of candidates with strong faith, Obama comes in second (24%) among all voters. And even Republican voters put him (18%) above John McCain (17%), Rudy Giuliani...