Word: basic
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...President, of all people, should know how difficult it is to take care of basic things like, say, prescription drugs for the elderly or shelter from the storm-especially if your government places a low priority on the efficient provision of public services and a high priority on the care and feeding of cronies (as Fatah did in Palestine). Bush's global-democracy, uhhh, crusade, is yet another triumph of spin over substance, a broad-brush carelessness that feeds off emotional election-day highs, flag waving and freedom rallies across the region but which has led, in every case...
...Sprint is pricey. The basic $15 Power Vision plan gives you very little, and though some channels can be purchased a la carte, you're still better off starting with the $20 Plus Pack, which has at its core ABC News Now and a wide array of programming from Fox Sports...
...here's the best news: now that the stock market has slid, it reflects more realistic expectations. There may be more disappointment when energy companies begin reporting this week, because with oil so high almost everyone is counting on windfall gains. But a lot of basic industrial firms and utilities are doing well, and as their numbers come in over the next couple of weeks investors may come to see that business isn't so horrible. It's not even just okay. It's awfully good-even though, to some on Wall Street, that's just not good enough...
...address next Tuesday, went on to say that the threat to the nation was "not an isolated incident" and that the enemy still "lurks out there." Aides said Bush will say in that address that he has a responsibility to do everything possible to protect the American people, the basic rationale he will continue to use in defense of the surveillance program "You know, it's amazing when people to say to me, 'Well, he was just breaking the law,'" Bush told the K-State crowd, speaking in a basketball arena, Bramlage Coliseum, with his image popping off huge screens...
...childhood] reservation, basketball has taken over from hockey, because it's basic and cheap?all you need is a hoop and a ball," says Jungen. So when he spotted a pair of the black, white and red sneakers in a Calgary sporting-goods store, the penny dropped: "I thought, holy s___, that's exactly like the Coastal [Indian] color scheme," he says. Prototypes is a tribute, in part, to the "pockets of the third world in Canada ... where artifacts for the native-art industry are produced." Guess that's something to ponder when you're browsing through the airport souvenir...