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...immediately moved our 4-year-old to a cot inside the closet. Mercifully, she slept almost the entire night, waking up just once to ask what the "boom-booms" were. The wind - like the continuous blast of a train whistle, interrupted by the occasional roar of a jet engine - didn't seem to bother...
...even in the state senate," she said. "This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting and never use the word victory except when he's talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed ... when the roar of the crowd fades away ... when the stadium lights go out and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot - what exactly is our opponent's plan...
...governor's going to be Vice President!" Roar...
...Americans jumped out to a small lead in the second set, then the Chinese tied it at 18, prompting a joyous roar from the home fans. But the U.S. reeled off three unanswered points - capped by a quick Walsh smash down the middle - to claim the match 21-18, 21-18. It was the 108th consecutive victory for Walsh, 30, and May-Treanor, 31, a winning streak that's more than a year...
...freshly issued Russian passports - in South Ossetia. When his forces moved into the province on Aug. 7, the Russian bear pounced. By all accounts, the Georgians moved first militarily. By most accounts, the Russians were simply awaiting that provocation, biding their time, with massive columns of armor ready to roar south once Georgia crossed into South Ossetia. Now that their troops occupy both South Ossetia and Abkhazia, they seem intent on remaining there as purported peacekeepers. Pentagon officials this weekend acknowledged that there was nothing the U.S. could do to drive them...