Word: wakefulness
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...generals he spent years courting. Because of his willingness to work with the junta, Rabinowitz has emerged as a prime target for the free Burma community, which believes that any engagement with the generals only legitimizes a cruel military regime. While the charge especially stings in the wake of last fall's brutal military crackdown of Burmese protesters, Rabinowitz is unapologetic about his work with the junta, knowing their cooperation was the only way to ensure the reserve would be protected. And he's right - as distasteful as it must be to work with the government, refusing to speak...
...midterm elections should have been a wake-up call for Republicans. Conservatives showed up in the usual numbers to vote for the GOP. But some Republican-leaning independents switched sides, and the Democrats got 57% of all independents. If Republicans don't win some of them back, the GOP is headed for a long spell in the minority...
Year the U.K.'s GDP per capita lagged 34% behind the U.S. average, in the wake of Britain's last major recession...
...first terrorist attack of 2008 on a major Pakistani city follows last year's wave of suicide bombings, which killed more than 800 in Pakistan's most violent year since partition in 1947. The bulk of the 2007 attacks came in the wake of an army raid on a pro-Taliban mosque in the capital, Islamabad, which killed nearly 100 militants. Since then, government forces and police have been the main targets of suicide bombers, with the exception of two attacks on rallies held by Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party. The first, on October 18, killed 140; the second...
...While Clinton retooled her operation Tuesday night in the wake of her victory, there was no indication that a similar shuffle was likely in Obama's camp, and campaign officials indicated none was necessary. "You don't break up a winning team," said a top campaign fund raiser...