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...McCain too bounced back on Friday with a notably sharp speech about Obama's confusing statements about the surge while in Iraq. McCain has a point about the surge: even Obama admits things are calmer and less violent in Iraq but would not acknowledge that the surge had anything to do wit it. McCain called that The Audacity of Hopelessness and it will be interesting to see if he sticks with this line of attack. But McCain's focus on Iraq has its weaknesses, too: whatever they may think about the surge, Americans, the polls tell us, made up their...
...voters, the trip was a chance to gauge how a 46-year-old Senator with relatively little Washington experience would perform on the world stage. He acknowledged along the way that, yes, Iraq was a safer, calmer place than it had been a year ago but refused to give much credit for that change to President George W. Bush's surge of some 30,000 troops. Instead, he noted in nearly every interview how the Sunni backlash against al-Qaeda in Iraq had begun before additional U.S. forces arrived. Pressed repeatedly, Obama insisted that his opposition to the surge...
...Barcelona-bound boatloads of very expensive water are a means to ease that tension a bit. "It's a provisional solution," admits Barcelona mayor Jordi Hereu. "But it makes me calmer about our chances for avoiding an emergency." Maybe so. But it also points out how much more money and political energy will have to be expended to manage the distribution of an increasingly scarce resource. And the difficulties keeping the population hydrated in a politically tranquil Mediterranean democracy like Spain augur poorly for the drier and more desperate regions of the world...
...Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. Lim’s inspiration can come from anywhere and anyone—including herself. This includes scary experiences in the woods during summer camp that might inspire her to compose something more “dark and eery,” as well as calmer, spiritual experiences during a walk. For her thesis composition, entitled “Windfalls,” Lim drew from her own personality, creating a piece that attempts to encompass humor and light-heartedness, maturity and depth. Lim plans to continue her studies in music after graduation and perhaps receive...
...felt like a much calmer game than we played on Wednesday,” Rapp said...