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...flip side. When the AO swings negative, the circling Arctic winds weaken and cold air descends from the polar region, leading to below-normal temperatures across the hemisphere. The AO seesaws every winter, and appears to be drifting back to the negative now, at least momentarily. Combine that with an El Nino- and La Nina-free forecast, says the NWS, and the balmy fall just may have been a prelude to a frightful winter...
Some members of the council say increased efficiency and student services orientation helped weaken the liberal activist wing of the council...
...country's track record is not encouraging. With two exceptions, no high-profile corruption case against Suharto-era figures has been successfully prosecuted. "The proof in the hands of the police tends to weaken once the suspect has been caught," says Amir Syamsuddin, a legal adviser to Tommy's eldest sister, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, or "Tutut," the onetime head of a powerful corporation who has also faced corruption charges. "Once he's caught, then the game begins...
These extremists also believe that violence and scare tactics like the recent anthrax mailings will weaken laws protecting the practice of abortion and constitutional decisions that uphold the woman’s right to choose. However, if these extremists have so much confidence and faith in their beliefs, then they should have faith in the government to do what is right, the constitutional way. They have more hope than ever with a pro-life president in office ready to support them...
...Taliban had very bad days yesterday and today," a U.S. official told TIME on Thursday. "The Northern Alliance is closing in and is making very good progress." A victory at Mazar-i-Sharif will be taken as a vindication of the strategy of heavily bombing the Taliban frontlines to weaken their will to fight...