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...weather. Don't look closely at the droppings in the driveway and you might not realize they belong to a nearby ferocious animal. Fail to notice the morning ice along the creek and you won't order your propane or woodsplitter in time before winter. And that slight movement up on the ridge that you catch in peripheral vision? Depending upon the season, it could either be a rock slide or an avalanche...
...leak," Barbro Westerholm, a member of the party board, told daily Svenska Dagbladet. "I now understand it was no leak but hacking. I feel deceived." The revelations came towards the end of what had been an uneventful election campaign, centering on unemployment and welfare. Polls had consistently shown a slight lead to the opposition alliance, but a survey taken partly after the scandal broke indicated that the SDP may now have a small lead. But the scandal may not be the boon to Persson it appears if it turns voters off. "Some people might think the whole election is nonsense...
Karzai isn't naturally imposing. In person, his slight frame, drawn countenance and trimmed white beard make him look a decade older than his 48 years. "If I adopt a style of not consulting, and of doing it alone, the country will not have the kind of harmony it has today," he says. "My problem is perhaps that I'm too much of a democrat for this time of the country's life. If you need a dictator, then go to the Afghan people. Let them elect a dictator. I am not one of those." Of course, what Karzai...
While President Bush may be getting a slight uptick in his job-approval numbers, the situation in Iraq and Lebanon has been a setback in the war on terrorism, Americans say. According to a new TIME poll, 54% of those surveyed said the U.S. involvement in the war in Iraq has hurt America's standing in the war on terrorism, vs. 40% who feel it has helped. U.S. handling of the conflict between Hizbollah and Israel has caused harm as well, said 51%, vs. 29% who said it has had a positive effect. The Bush Administration does not have...
...from Château Memoires Cadillac in Sauternes, France. Imagine a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice laced with a sweet fragrance and no bitterness, and the flavor of this magnificent wine comes into focus. It had a perfect sugar/acid balance, an effervescent aroma of orange peel, and a slight cedar backbone...