Word: unforeseens
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Both McCain and Palin brag about the other one's accomplishments and seem increasingly comfortable engaging in banter. Their crusty warhorse/feisty newcomer interplay, complete with exaggerated facial expressions and playful physicality, have created an unforeseen alchemy (a grander, graver version of Regis and Kelly). The old senator and young governor stay unswervingly on message, delivering both the positive and negative storylines that are key for any successful campaign...
...course, there is more to a presidential campaign than campaigning. The four debates are coming soon; there are the ubiquitous television commercials; and, as the week's economic maelstrom has reminded everyone, unforeseen news events can intrude on the best laid plans...
...often as not, presidential campaigns are won or lost because of the unexpected, not the predictable. In the heat of a final push towards Election Day, what usually makes the difference is how each candidate responds to and takes advantage of unforeseen events. Two weeks ago, for instance, the Obama campaign had no way of predicting that John McCain could not count, at a moment's notice, the number of houses he and his wife own. But they reacted instantly. Within hours, Obama's minions pounced, broadcasting the gaffe for days in what amounted to the Democrat's single biggest...
...Between them, his stories encapsulate almost the complete spectrum of the medical world - from preparing for medical-school exams to gritty night shifts; from the experience of being a medevac physician to treating an unforeseen, potentially fatal complication during childbirth; from shenanigans with the police in the emergency room to the terrifying first days of the outbreak of SARS...
When it comes to savings, workers want new resources to weather unforeseen income interruptions, especially in an increasingly volatile economy. A nonprofit in Boston is encouraging low-income workers to invest a portion of their tax refunds in savings bonds. Its average bond purchaser's profile is that of a single working mother with an income under $21,000, acquiring the bond for her children--a powerful testament to the idea that working people will make responsible choices if given the right opportunities. On the health-care front, a New York--based organization is developing ways for independent workers...