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...Only a week after Hurricane Gustav forced nearly two million Louisianans to evacuate, many who fled aren't bothering to unpack as they grapple with the prospect of a powerful new storm, Ike. The category one hurricane has been downgraded to a category one storm and now appears to be headed west of Louisiana toward Galveston, Texas, but that's only partial relief to the weather-weary residents of Louisiana. (See photos of Hurricane Gustav's damage here...
...there was only one real reason for that: Sarah Palin. Two simple words, but with a lot of meaning to unpack. First comes star power - Palin has it; McCain doesn't, and neither did any of the other men who ran for the party's nomination this year, which is why McCain managed to outlast them. As the also-rans trooped onstage to deliver their obligatory endorsements, Republicans were reminded that Mitt Romney looked like a leading man but lacked the magic; that Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee were never going to be more than character actors; and that Rudy...
...other words, he hears America singing - and griping, fretting, seething, conniving, hoping, despairing. He can deliver a pitch-perfect expression of the racial anger of many American blacks - as he did in his much discussed speech on race relations earlier this year - and, just as smoothly, unpack the racial irritations gnawing at many whites. To what extent does he share any of those emotions? The doctor never exactly says...
...sporting matters, gave the Iraqi government a deadline in which to reinstate the old committee. Baghdad refused to back down, and now the seven Iraqis who had qualified for the Games - two rowers, an archer, a discus thrower, a sprinter, a weightlifter and a judoka - have been told to unpack their bags...
...make fans even more bitter. "Today, a bunch of Mets fans should turn their attention to the [New York] Giants," says Christian End, a psychology professor at Xavier University in Cincinnati. "Pick up the paper, and read about the 12 sacks they had against the [Philadelphia] Eagles on Sunday. Unpack the Giants memorabilia from your drawers." Problem is, I like the New York Jets, who are 1-3 and lost to Buffalo on Sunday...