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...another sign of unhappiness with the Bush regime, McCain's political advisers were exploring whether he could run for President, and win, as a third-party candidate against Bush in 2004. The assumption was that McCain was too old to wait until 2008 (he'll turn 72 in August) and too toxic within the party to run as a Republican again. "Not only was 2008 seen as too late, but we couldn't get our heads around the idea that he would be acceptable [to the G.O.P.]," says one of those advisers. But running as an independent was deemed futile...
...national pastime of binge-drinking with its attendant brawls and mishaps. Young British men fighting on the streets is hardly news, but the development that has raised alarm bells is the widespread carrying of weapons. Teachers report increases in the number of pupils bringing knives to school; students in turn claim to carry them for protection against their peers - the same reason they cite for joining the gangs that are proliferating in British cities. Children here are fearful and, according to a controversial 2007 UNICEF report, unhappier than their counterparts in other Western countries...
...usually made to wait on the lawns of the building that serves as Iraq's Parliament. It would be relatively easy for Obama to send a member of his entourage, accompanied by an Iraqi translator, to invite a random selection of these Iraqis for an informal chat - few would turn down the chance to meet...
...kinds of mental stress," says K.T.S. Sarao, a professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Delhi. The wealth created by India's technology boom has brought with it the realization that material comfort isn't the same thing as happiness. Caught in that tender trap, Sarao says, "People turn to meditation...
...that bay, back in 2002, that John Darwin's canoe was found adrift close to his hometown of Seaton Carew, a resort once highly favored by the Victorians. A year later, when his body didn't turn up, he was officially declared dead. But in December 2007, Darwin walked into a central London police station claiming to be suffering from amnesia. Just days after his miraculous return, the errant canoeist was arrested on suspicion of fraud. And it turned out that in the meantime his wife had sold the family home, moved to Panama, and possessed assets totaling some...