Word: although
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...Although the cabal--which Seton says is now more of a group of friends--also assisted Darling in his campaign...
...Ryan announced a moratorium Jan. 31 on executions in his state. Illinois has been ground zero for the death penalty battle: over the past 13 years, 13 prisoners have been released from death row on the grounds of their innocence, more than have been executed during the same period. Although Ryan had consistently defended the death penalty until now, another exoneration last month and a scathing review of the justice system by the Chicago Tribune apparently convinced him to change his mind. In a statement that we should expect our political leaders to echo, Ryan said, "Until...
...although Sachs says liberal groups and their members tend to be less interested in council politics, he says that Driskell and Burton may have benefited by a latent desire among them to see one of their own in power...
...Hampshire primary falls, this year, on the day marking the longest economic expansion in U.S. history - and that boom has been making it hard for the candidates to differentiate themselves from one another. Although Tuesday's vote may produce close races in both parties as Governor George W. Bush reins in Senator John McCain's lead among GOP voters and Bill Bradley makes up ground against the vice president among Democrats, the presidential race thus far has been most notable for its lack of burning policy questions. Character, we're told, will be decisive; "authenticity" is much in demand. Looking...
...product of Reagan-era tax policies. But economies expand and contract according to their own rules - yes, folks, even Alan Greenspan himself would tell you that his job is closer to that of a janitor than of an architect - and aren't easily swayed to the whims of politicians. Although most candidates are quite happy to discuss how to spend the budget surpluses that will, at least according to the more optimistic accountants, be generated by the boom, the spoilsport questions of what to do when the party ends simply aren't on the table in this election cycle...