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...prescription drugs. So the Democrats, observes political consultant Rachel Gorlin, have "got to put something on the table." Gephardt agrees. His top aides began strategizing on a splashy list of bold policy promises last week, something like the brash Contract with America, which Newt Gingrich and the Republican candidates rode to victory in 1994. But many Democrats, particularly in rural districts where so many of the swing races are being fought, are resisting anything that ties them too closely to a national party that veers left of where most of their voters live. Some, like Iowa Democratic challenger Julie Thomas...
...said, 'No one wins in war,'" recalls Hatsuyo. "To her, these boys were victims." Many of the families visiting Chiran this Aug. 15 heed her message, and express pity and sorrow rather than jingoistic pride. "I came because I wanted to know the truth," says Kazunori Matsuo, 38, who rode from Nagasaki on his motorbike. Another visitor, Kazuo Nakajima, 47, says his late father had hidden his military history. "I learned just yesterday," he says, "that my father had trained as a kamikaze pilot." An aunt and uncle broke the news; the following day, Nakajima decided to come to Chiran...
...months after the battle, the two ships moved warily on opposite sides of Hampton Roads. But what the Union Navy couldn't do at sea, the army did by land. The Confederates were forced to evacuate the Norfolk area, and the Virginia was trapped. The ship rode too deep to go upriver, and the Union blockade sealed any sea escape. The crew blew up the Virginia...
...prescription drugs. So the Democrats, observes political consultant Rachel Gorlin, have "got to put something on the table." Gephardt agrees. His top aides began strategizing on a splashy list of bold policy promises last week, something like the brash Contract with America, which Newt Gingrich and the Republican candidates rode to victory in 1994. But many Democrats, particularly in rural districts where so many of the swing races are being fought, are resisting anything that ties them too closely to a national party that veers left of where most of their voters live. Some, like Iowa Democratic challenger Julie Thomas...
enhancing drugs with the Festina team that was ousted from the Tour in 1998 and served a nine-month suspension. (The wife of third-place finisher Raimondas Rumsas was arrested last week after French customs officials found banned substances in her car. Rumsas, who rode for Italy's Lampre team, has denied taking any illegal drugs.) While Virenque would credit his win in that stage to the cheering of the crowds, Armstrong heard little support for himself. "A boo is a lot louder than a cheer," said Armstrong. "If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing...