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...missile base, as well as, according to a frequent visitor, a munitions plant. An accidental explosion of rocket propellant--possibly a missile launch gone awry--could have caused the mushroom cloud, analysts say. Another possibility: Pyongyang blew up something to keep the world guessing about its nuclear intentions--a tactic the regime has used in the past...
...Still, Democrats tried this tactic once before and paid dearly for it. In 2002, when Bush was riding high after victory in Afghanistan, the Democrats campaigned in congressional elections by arguing they supported Bush on foreign policy but opposed him at home. The Democrats took what Texans call an ?ass whupping? and lost control of the Senate...
...BREAK Think the credit-card interest rates you're paying are too high? You're probably right. So call the card companies and ask--simply ask--to have them lowered. More than half the time, that tactic will work. Then call your phone companies and ask to be moved to the best plans for your needs. And call your home and auto insurers and raise your deductibles. Those calls alone will get you a good part of the way toward your...
...compromised by the revelation of Franklin's name and other details leaking out about the scandal. "We may never know what really happened or how big and wide it was," says a bureau official. Using Franklin to make more cold calls on the I.N.C. case isn't a promising tactic either...
...when Kerry spoke to the VFW two days later, he attacked Bush's position, using an argument with some merit but of microscopic import in the midst of a presidential campaign: he said it was a "hasty" and "political" plan and certainly not a good negotiating tactic to withdraw troops from Korea while we are trying to get the North Koreans to drop their nuclear program...