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Meanwhile, the war rooms of the two campaigns are organizing to quickly seize any opportunity for attack. On the first floor of the brick-and-glass office building where Bush forces are housed in Arlington, Va., a bank of TiVos captures Kerry's every word. A team arrives at 4:30 a.m. to sift through the papers and prepare responses before the sun rises. When Kerry unleashes even the mildest broadside, the young staff members go almost giddy, and a call issues: "Attack!" Comments from Kerry in the morning papers are incorporated into Bush's noon speeches...
Others appreciate a slower pace and being there when a child asks a tough question. In McLean, Va., Oakie Russell's son Dylan, 8, recently inquired, out of the blue, "Mom, who is God's father?" Says Russell, 45, who gave up a dream job at PBS: "So, you're standing at the sink with your hands in the dishwater and you're thinking, 'Gee, that's really complicated. But I'm awfully glad I'm the one you're asking...
...same might be true for humans. And that could--though it's theoretical at this point--lead to powerful new treatments for infertility and perhaps even for staving off menopause. "If it's true," says Roger Gosden, scientific director of the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Va., "it's as big a paradigm shift in ovarian biology as Dolly and cloning were for embryology...
...this were the Clinton White House, the plunging polls would have spurred hastily assembled late-night meetings, presidential phone calls to allies at all hours, a round of firings. Not so in Bushland. At the offices of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Arlington, Va., there's the same placid quality that Bush showed during his fried-food fest. The headquarters have got all the pizazz of an insurance office. Top staff have private offices that circle a vast maze, there are standard-issue cubicles, the desks are neat, most of the men wear a tie (except on casual Fridays, when...
...earned three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star during his months of combat in Vietnam served his country. Who are the 40% who didn't think Kerry did his duty? They probably believe that flying a desk in Alabama constituted honorable service. KEN SCHAETZLE Alexandria, Va...