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...step down, unmourned by many who once supported him, was closeted with his Irish counterpart in Scotland, hammering out the final details of the St. Andrews Agreement on Northern Ireland, when Ahern's press secretary delivered the results of a new opinion poll. It had been taken in the wake of a scandal - the Irish media inevitably dubbed the affair Bertiegate - centered on loans Ahern accepted for personal use in 1993 and 1994 when he was Finance Minister. The Taoiseach explained that friends had stumped up the money to help him out after the breakup of his marriage had strained...
...just underestimated how many injured there would be in this war and therefore were not completely prepared to provide enough assistance to those who are injured. And I think we are now finally starting to wake up about...
...wake of disappointing fund-raising returns and even more disappointing slides in the polls, today's event was the first in a string of "official" announcements that will take the Senator through primary states and end in his home state of Arizona. They hope the tour will generate good buzz and, in effect, "press the restart button...
...wake of last week’s horrific shooting spree at Virginia Tech, which left 32 victims dead along with their killer, analyses of what went wrong have proliferated almost as quickly as solemn condolences. Blogs, newspapers, and television talk shows are abuzz with discussions about critical failings on the part of school and government officials. One of the most damning revelations, reported by The New York Times on April 21, revealed that federal regulations ought to have prohibited the killer, Seung-Hui Cho—who had previously been ordered by a judge to receive psychiatric treatment?...
...Tonight’s meeting brought the UC into disrepute again,” UC representative Thomas D. Hadfield ’08 said in the wake of the incident...