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...State of the Union talking about the domestic picture is a sign of just how successful he has been in the war on terrorism. When he last spoke from the well of the House of Representatives, he scarcely dreamed that four months later he would return to herald the rout of the Taliban and the rise of a peaceful Afghan government. But with Osama bin Laden still at large, Bush must keep the country engaged in what promises to be a protracted, murky war on terrorism without a daily display of military progress. He won't name new countries...
...BALTIMORE RAVENS. They surrendered points the way Florida did Gore votes. MVP Ray Lewis led a ferocious defense that stuffed the New York Giants in a Super Bowl rout, 34-7. That's the same kind of generosity the stingy Ravens showed the rest of league during the season. With their modest offense, they needed to keep other teams off the board, and they did, holding opponents to a record-low 165 points...
...years ago, Americans forgot about the Gulf War rout pretty quickly when faced with their own problems at home - but then again, that was a pretty quick war. This one - and the administration has not been shy about saying it - will be waged for a long time to come. The good news for the White House is that at least for now, Sept. 11 seems to have forged an America with the attention span to see it through...
...suicide bombing in Jerusalem Wednesday that wounded six Israelis simply underscored the familiarity of the pattern of violence now being accelerated. President Bush again insisted that Yasser Arafat "rout out those who killed," but the fragility of the Palestinian leader's grip on power was demonstrated in Gaza City where Hamas gunmen, supported by thousands of demonstrators, forced Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces to retreat from the home of the movement's leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, whom Arafat had ordered placed under house arrest...
...men’s squad (2-0, 2-0 Ivy) won its second straight competition 9-0 and did not drop a single game in the rout...