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...polls, says a Senate G.O.P. aide, "and while they're in the booth, they'll pull the trigger for Bush and Republicans." Moderates counter that conservative voters are already motivated and that Republicans should be more worried that pushing a gay-marriage amendment will turn off the more vital swing voters. "We have so many more important issues to grapple with," says Chafee. "This is just a distraction." --By Douglas Waller
...occupation. Governing Council members believe the decision was a huge mistake. Says Ibrahim Jaafari, one of the two Vice Presidents in the new Iraqi government: "We couldn't contain the Sadr movement." U.S. troops were forced to fight troops loyal to al-Sadr in Najaf and other politically vital Shi'ite cities in the south. While al-Sadr has in recent weeks called on his fighters to lay down their arms, few members of the new government believe that conflict was inevitable, and most trace it back to the decision to shut the newspaper. "Najaf was a political failure," says...
...uninitiated, the traditional Chinese cheongsam is a tightly fitted garment, with side slits that go as high as the wearer dares?from modest notches above the knee to attention-grabbing openings as high as the upper thigh. Precision tailoring is vital, and that's why Cao's clients flock to him from as far afield as Hong Kong and Taiwan. "I have made thousands of cheongsam," he says. "How could I remember how many?" Still, he has kept up with the trends. "Women used to be more modest," shrugs Cao. "Now they want everything tighter, shorter and more colorful." Prices...
...early as Sept. 16, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney, in his first interview after the 9/11 attacks, said, "It's going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal, basically, to achieve our objective." His declaration met little resistance from a public reeling from 9/11 and willing to support measures needed to prevent another attack. Behind the scenes, government lawyers debated the meaning of "any means at our disposal." Even before the U.S. went into Afghanistan in October 2001, State Department officials and Pentagon military lawyers were incensed that political appointees wanted to exempt captured Taliban...
...writers, it helps create character and place. And on Sex, the talk is ultimately more important than the action. In the original version of the episode The Real Me, Margaret Cho, playing a foul-mouthed fashion-show producer, personifies New York City: stressed out, uninhibited and slightly nuts but vital, driven and alive. Divested of her F bombs, her character practically disappears...