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...John McCain can't stop the storm, but his campaign is determined to make the most of it by using it to rebrand a new generation of Republicans as leaders who govern effectively and rise above partisanship. "There's very little doubt that we have to go from a party event to a call to the nation for action, action to help our fellow citizens in this time of tragedy and disaster, action in the form of volunteering, donations, reaching out our hands and our hearts and our wallets to the people who are under such great threat from this...
...McCain's stated determination to rise above politics and partisanship may also be easier to declare than to accomplish. Before McCain arrived at the rally, which was held at a minor league ballpark, several of his surrogates offered pointed attacks on Barack Obama in an effort to fire up the crowd. The Republican Missouri Governor Matt Blunt noted that Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden, were among the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, according to one ranking. Blaine Luetkemeyer, who is running for Congress, tried to minimize Obama's energy plan. "His plan is to inflate your...
...Warriors. "I guess we'd always have enough numbers, but the competition would become a throwback. In the power factor, in the entertainment factor, it would be markedly inferior." But nothing about sport is as simple as it looks. In New Zealand, where rugby is the national passion, the rise in Polynesian participation appears to be at least one reason for the flight from the game of large numbers of comparatively slight boys, to the point where more New Zealanders now play soccer than the brutal 15-man game. Driving on Saturdays around Hawkes Bay, on New Zealand's North...
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, U.S. Secretary of State, saying a rise in Israeli construction in the West Bank undermines efforts to foster peace between Israelis and Palestinians...
...none provide a quick fix to our students' performance compared with their peers around the world. Closer to home, we do what we can, which is why back-to-school shopping may be our one truly recession-proof industry. We can drive less when gas prices rise; we can cut back on movies or fancy meals. But we'll never stop filling those backpacks and buying those new jeans, because giving up on school is the one thing we cannot afford...