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...drought or will ever cause anything like a permanent one; there's even a theory that higher temperatures could help boost Australian agricultural production by bringing more rain to some parts of the country. On the other hand, modeling studies by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation suggest temperatures will rise by 1-6°C over the next 60 years, increasing evaporation and water scarcity in future droughts...
...that Kennedy has perfected this role is not to suggest that his grin is inauthentic. If anyone could sincerely smile through such a grim prognosis, it would be a man who never expected to make it this...
...former Representative Thomas Loeffler--and a strict conflict-of-interest policy. The sudden house-cleaning has raised an awkward question: Why is McCain seemingly drawn to people from the world's second-oldest profession? (Campaign manager Rick Davis and top strategist Charlie Black are both former lobbyists.) Some suggest the flap represents the latest example of McCain's famous inattention to detail--a potential vulnerability in the campaign, and in the White House...
...nice to have candidates with a sense of humor. But would it be too grumpy to suggest that a little respect for the old fault lines -satirists dish it out, public figures take it - might be a boon to both sides? Or that this confusion of realms could be one reason for the growing cynicism and dwindling trust in our political leaders? It's hard to take anything a candidate says seriously when it can be rendered inoperative two nights later with a Letterman Top 10 list. When she was caught making up a story about sniper fire in Bosnia...
...loftier merits. That list grew further, Thursday, when President Nicolas Sarkozy conferred the title on Canadian singer Céline Dion, welcoming her into the company of Alexis de Tocqueville, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gustave Flaubert, Alexander Graham Bell and Albert Dreyfus - and also Jerry Lewis. Not surprisingly, some observers suggest that the contrast in achievements of its various honorees has cheapened the medal to the point of self-parody...