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...decision about which child to pick up first on September the 11th," says the President in a campaign advertisement. The ad is designed to show that Bush is empathetic but also to remind women that dangers can break into their daily routine. The Beslan school massacre was a stark reminder of that. Both campaigns realize the atrocity shook women to the core. At the White House on Sept. 24, Bush met with children from the local John Quincy Adams Elementary School who had helped organize a toy and school-supply drive for the children of Beslan. Even Kerry campaign manager...
...We’re not talking about reinventing the tutor role—it’s a shift in emphasis,” said Badaracco. “We didn’t see there being a stark tradeoff between the counseling role and the academic role...
...know that the stark contrast between Kerry and Bush will be evident at tonight’s debate. Kerry will offer real solutions; Bush will only offer excuses, empty promises, and misleading attacks. You can watch for yourself on the big screen at 9:00 PM tonight at the JFK Jr. Forum for the IOP’s Debate-Watch. We hope you consider the choice in this election, and pledge your time to John Kerry and a progressive future. Sign up today at www.harvarddems.com. There are no excuses...
...sauce, running shoes, yoga programs. It depends on you to like zesty Italian and me to like chipotle ranch and someone else to like low-sodium raspberry honey mustard. Through niche media, niche foods and niche hobbies, we fashion niche lives. We are the America of the iPod ads--stark, black silhouettes tethered by our brilliant white earbuds, rocking out passionately and alone. You make your choices, and I make mine. Yours, of course, are wrong. But what do I care...
...thoughts occurred to me as the taffy pull continued. For one thing, the President's obvious skepticism about this National Intelligence Estimate stands in stark contrast to his wanton embrace of the NIE he received in October 2002, which said that Saddam probably possessed weapons of mass destruction. That report was produced after Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld pressured the CIA to come up with stronger evidence for invading Iraq. The current assessment is more credible. It comes from a cautious, chastened CIA. It was probably George Tenet's last act as CIA director. And it was written well before...