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...still don't know much about our new president. Though many feared that domestic policy would be Bush's weak spot, he has so far received remarkably good ratings for everything from his education plan to the much-maligned tax cut that foes could not wait to hate. Let us hope that he can do the same with foreign policy, and soon. Until then, I'll be smiling, but holding my breath...
...potshots don't add up to effective policy when it comes to Iraq. Yes, they help remind Saddam: "You're weak." But they don't prevent him from dictating a troubling agenda. And they can't long stand in for the coherent "refocus" Bush promised to bring to an issue that has eluded satisfactory resolution for two administrations...
...business with Iraq. Moderate Arab states don't like Saddam but can't stomach the deprivations suffered by ordinary Iraqis. Egypt has restored diplomatic relations. The U.N. weapons-inspections regime is dead. The Bush administration is pushing money to opposition groups that most analysts say are too weak, divided and unpopular to do much. Nor do the fresh sounds of U.S. bombs - which Baghdad claims killed one and injured nine - help Secretary of State Colin Powell as he sets off on his first tour of the Middle East on Friday...
...Certainly these guys are impressively populist for rich old white men - it's enough to make you miss the robber barons - but the Monopoly men have certainly homed in on the repeal's political weak spots...
Before he can speak, his throat clutches in gasping spasms. Sharp pains rack his chest; his breath comes in shallow gasps. The vomiting is better today. But constipation has doubled up his knees, and he is too weak to go outside to relieve himself. He can't remember when he last ate. He can't remember how long he's been sick--"a long time, maybe since six months ago." Khumalo knows he has TB, and he believes it is just TB. "I am only thinking of that," he answers when...