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...politics; they'll make more trouble for you than your enemies. The 51 Republicans in the Senate are about as unified as a Balkan parliament. Moderates like Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee are always in danger of defecting to the Democrats. Mavericks like Senator John McCain will constantly stray off message. Though Frist's voting record is practically identical to Lott's, conservatives distrust him as a latecomer to their causes. Emboldened by G.O.P. control of both houses and the fact that Jan. 22 marks the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, antiabortion activists want...
...still get detailed reports of sales and profits in their areas, and they have a say in which products are stocked. Store managers can still buy locally and ask headquarters to adjust inventory of company brands that it has asked them to stock. Coughlin says Wal-Mart will not stray far from the locals-know-best model, even as more information and merchandise flows through Bentonville. At headquarters, management focuses on the top 20% and bottom 20% of its stores, as measured by sales and profitability. It wants to know who has been naughty and who has been nice...
...African-American gardener pressured from both sides of the racial divide when a white woman becomes attracted to him; but Far from Heaven isn't it. Similarly, the blacks in Hairspray and American Dreams are mostly props for their white neighbors' learning curve. An orphan child or stray puppy would serve the same function...
...Pickering win? That's a question of simple but unpredictable mathematics, says Magarian. "With the Republicans in control of the judiciary committee, it comes down to whether there are GOP members who can be swayed to the Democrats' viewpoint." And while Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter has been known to stray from the GOP line on issues of civil rights and abortion, given the increasingly polarized atmosphere in the Senate, and the highly charged nature of this nomination, such a visible defection seems unlikely...
...darn things. New wireless units have begun to pop up in the past few months because of a new short-range radio technology called Bluetooth that's built into some of the newer-model phones. The headsets offer more freedom than their corded counterparts by letting you stray up to 30 feet from your phone without being encumbered by a cable that might yank on your ear or get caught on your coat buttons...