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...believed in ourselves,” Stone said after the game. “We know whatever the situation is, we’re going to scratch and claw our way back...
...Arab leaders, say diplomats, are also motivated by a fear that the U.S. may lack the stomach for nation-building in a turbulent post-Saddam Iraq. Arab leaders have no faith in the exiled Iraqi opposition, and fear that the horse-trading necessary to build a new regime from scratch would create a system too fragile to survive. "If things go wrong, the troops will get back on their ships and leave," says an Arab diplomat. "We in the region will be left with the consequences. It will be a never-ending story...
Frist concedes that he is starting from scratch. He has been on the phone to former Republican majority leaders Howard Baker and Bob Dole, asking for advice, and has been receiving tutorials in floor procedures from G.O.P. staff members. None of his decisions, not even the small ones, will be easy. Lott, for example, had already selected the 100 or so staff members a majority leader is allotted to manage the Senate, many among the Capitol's most skilled in moving legislation. Does Frist keep some of them to get the fast start Republicans originally wanted on their bills, even...
...will be one of the most astonishing recent developments in the space race. With $60 million funding from public and private sources, Pillinger, 59, and his team of hundreds of scientists, engineers and programmers have managed to plan, produce and finance a 34-kg suitcase-sized probe virtually from scratch. There is more than a hint of national pride in his pitch. "We Europeans should not have our noses pressed against the window," says Pillinger, the author of over 260 astronomy papers and keeper of 21 superannuated dairy cows on his Cambridgeshire farm. "Our public deserves a show, like...
...others argue that the fossils could have stemmed from contamination on Earth rather than true evidence of life on Mars. What distinguishes the Beagle's mission is that it will effectively carry out tests in situ on organic matter. If all goes well, the Beagle's robotic paw will scratch and claw at nearby rocks, sniffing for the trace gases, organic compounds and complex chemicals. Soil samples will be dug out using the mole, a robot that can tunnel deep beneath the surface. Any life on Mars, past or present, would leave its chemical imprint - or 'fossil' - inside the rock...