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...French statements are warning the world that a clock is ticking on the Iran "crisis," although the countdown is on the remaining 16 months of President Bush's tenure rather than anything happening during that time in Iran's nuclear program, which remains a number of years away from the capability of building a bomb. A mounting tide of reports has suggested that President Bush does not want to leave office without having prevented Iran from attaining the means to build nuclear weapons - and if that outcome cannot be achieved through diplomatic pressure, the reports suggest, then he is prepared...
...countdown to Jan. 14 begins this week with the GOP straw poll in Ames, which coincides with the state fair in Des Moines. Journalists will describe the luscious pork chops and the cow sculpted from butter. Meanwhile, the Iowa GOP will pocket about $1 million for party-building expenses. The straw poll is Frank Capra only on the surface. At heart, it's the party's No.1 fund raiser...
...Pilbeam, who took office after Knowles’ prostate cancer worsened, says he would be willing to add a month of two to his countdown, but hopes his tenure will not continue into the fall semester...
...Pilbeam, who took office after Knowles’ prostate cancer worsened, says he would be willing to add a month of two to his countdown, but hopes his tenure will not continue into the fall semester...
...countdown time in Philadelphia's public schools. Just 21 days remain before the state reading and math tests in March, and the kids and faculty at James G. Blaine Elementary, an all-black, inner-city school that spans pre-K to eighth grade, have been drilling for much of the day. At 2:45 in the afternoon, Rasheed Abdullah, the kinetic lead math teacher, stages what could be called a prep rally with 11 third-graders. The kids, who are at neither the top nor the bottom of their class, have been selected for intensive review--as has a contingent...