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...Beyond the politics of selling it to skeptical allies, the Bush administration faces an immediate practical dilemma over missile defense - whether to proceed with the ill-starred system initiated under the Clinton administration, or to start from scratch on a more comprehensive system using weapons launched either at sea or in space. While the latter option is backed by those most fervently carrying the Star Wars torch, in a more limited version it also has the support of a number of Senate Democrats, Europeans and even the Russians - a sea-launched "boost phase" system designed to intercept missiles before they...
...starting from scratch, administrators have insisted that the schools be equivalent. But yesterday, D'Alessandro said she wants to return, in part, to the old house system...
...This year, we had to raise all the money from scratch," Lee says. "From now on, fundraising will be a continual effort...
Feel free to take a moment and scratch your head about this...
...Building a democratic state in the Congo would be a start-from-scratch idea, requiring extensive triage and years of benign nurturing by its neighbors near and far. Some of those neighbors, though, may be more inclined to maintain the hollow shell of Congo's sovereignty, while in effect carving it up into regional fiefdoms. A land whose plight once inspired Conrad has long learned the limits of optimism...