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...symbol of what senior Bush advisers see as the Shi'ite silent majority, a group they believe is impatient with the occupation but willing to support a sovereign government if it is seen as legitimate. Reducing the violence in the Sunni triangle and the south will, Administration officials hope, buttress their case that it's safe for the U.N. to throw its support behind the new government. A senior Administration official told TIME that the U.S. expects a Security Council resolution endorsing the interim government to pass "in the next couple weeks," despite concerns raised by Security Council member states...
Despite any such concerns, their sold-out March 27 show at the Middle East seemed to only buttress the group’s popularity in this country, putting the band in the unenviable position of now having to somehow record another, even more successful album, or have the crown of indie hopeful grabbed by a more nimble competitor...
...give it to the 50 women.” She went on: “All who ate the cabbage leaves started violently vomiting blood and screaming with pain. It was hell. In less than 20 minutes, they were quite dead.” To buttress these accounts, South Korean human rights activist Kim Sang-hun offered a document he helped smuggle out of the North. Dated February 2002, it contained a government seal and referred to “human experimentation” at Prison Camp...
...means grant money. A serious researcher into happiness can still get a book deal. Baker's What Happy People Know (Rodale; 256 pages) and Seligman's Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment (Free Press; 336 pages) buttress their pep talks with frequent citations of supporting studies and thoughtful hints for getting--and staying--happy...
While South Asia broils, Musharraf appears to be keeping cool as he stares down the Indian threat and seeks to buttress domestic support. Renowned as a fine tennis and squash player, he moves with athletic self-assurance, projecting sturdy confidence during his frequent turns at the podium. Those who know him insist that the aplomb is real and that his composure stems from his belief that India doesn't enjoy the sort of military superiority that experts assert and will shy away from war. Musharraf claims that along the border areas, Pakistan can match India man for man, tank...