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...recent efforts by Republican Senators John Warner and Richard Lugar to hasten the White House's timeline. Democratic leaders are also counting on the fact that public opinion continues to turn against the war. "This issue is a much more challenging problem on the Republican side," says Chris Van Hollen, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who is tasked with making sure those freshman Democrats hold onto their seats in November 2008. "There's a consensus that people want to change direction on Iraq...
...there was our driver. I saw him only within the confines of our air-conditioned van and our conversations consisted mostly of the phrases “thank you” and “air, please?” My parents informed me afterwards that he barely saw his family and took this job as a last resort to support his family...
...Scots dubbed him the Wee Ice Man for his small stature and unflappable play. Tom Watson remained calm in 1975 despite failing to make a par on the 16th hole in all four rounds. And the defining image of the Open in 1999 will always be Jean Van De Velde ankle-deep in the water guarding the 18th green, squandering a three-shot lead on the final day by failing to play the hole conservatively. "I just didn't feel comfortable hitting a wedge," he later explained. "Maybe it would have been against the spirit of a Frenchman...
...watch Ratatouille's Remy turn his dream of being a gourmet chef into reality. Pet rats (and their wilder cousins, of course) are simply amazing. Cute, adorable, clever, mischievous - you name it, they've got it, all rolled into one amazing personality. Cheers, Remy. We love you! Rina van Coller, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA...
...calm down," he shouts at the man at least five times. Later he says: "You can't back down on these guys. It just gets worse. I would have pepper-sprayed the big guy." Dealing with the incident has taken five patrol cars and a lock-up van; the effort brings calm to the street, but the violence continues to spread across the suburb like a brush fire. Within minutes, reports of three more stabbings in the same district blare out of the police radios...