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Bush creates a straw man: the critic who says his plan "only helps the rich." The actual criticism is that it mainly helps the rich. The much smaller tax breaks for lower-income people are vital too. They provide cover and act as a bribe. For a few hundred dollars, the government buys your support for a plan worth millions to those who already have millions...
...senior fellow and coordinator for the UMN Vital Aging Network, she spends her days connecting senior citizens to educational opportunities...
...Abbas has also told the Israelis that the PA is powerless to act against militants as long as Israeli troops remain inside Palestinian towns and cities and assassinate suspected terrorists. Israel, however, believes such operations are vital to its own security, and may be loathe to end them - particularly when it's a safe bet that the onset of any renewed negotiations will almost certainly bring new terror attacks inside Israel, the gruesome veto typically deployed by Palestinian radicals to negate previous cease-fire efforts...
Sorenstam, a math lover and self-confessed geek, says "the numbers always tell the truth." For 16 years she has kept a spreadsheet with all her vital golfing stats--scoring, putting, driving. In 1987 "my scoring average was 77," she notes. Last year it was an LPGA record 68.70. (Tiger Woods' average was 68.56.) "It's fun to see the progress," she says. Despite the presence of phenoms such as Karrie Webb and Se Ri Pak, Sorenstam has owned the past two seasons. In 2001 she won 11 tournaments and shot a record-low round of 59; last year...
...post-Saddam Iraq. But Serbian officials say their country--not long ago the target of U.S. bombs--is in line for a chunk of a $680 million pie. Reason: in the run-up to Gulf War II, Serbian and U.S. officials tell TIME, Serbia gave the U.S. vital information about Iraqi targets...