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Despite a mammoth war chest and an (albeit fading) air of invincibility, George W. Bush still understands the famous Tip O'Neill edict: "All politics is local." In Dubya's case, as local as your PC. On Monday, the Bush camp announced that it will be targeting web sites likely...
"He's already started moving homeless people from shelters around the capital out to seven military camps, where they're being put up in barracks and told to make new lives," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "But despite the incentives he'll offer in terms of jobs...
And those faculty members who do notice what year it is say they are no less inclined to shake up their vacation schedules simply because of the date.
"I'm buying bottled water, storing money in a secret place, and stocking up on flint and lighter fluid," he says, earnest despite his mock-serious tone. He advises others to be ready for the worst as well, despite his doubts that serious problems will occur.
Their owners love them - sport utility vehicles and light trucks now make up almost half of the vehicles on American roads. They also inspire a lot of animosity: They're big, they terrify sedan drivers and they pollute more than cars. But that last complaint is about to change. On...