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Which is just what happened last year. And once again the bill ? a carbon copy of the 1998 version ? heads off to the Senate, where it has died oh-so-many deaths before. For years running, John McCain and Russ Feingold have seen their own soft-money ban gather a majority of 52 votes in the Senate, still eight short of busting the promised filibuster of the GOP?s head moneyman, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. The head?counters say eight votes is still just too much to roust up on an issue that?s near and dear to GOP leaders...
There is more agreement when it comes to the effects of global warming on weather trends. Few would debate that because hurricanes gather their strength from the warm surface waters of the central Atlantic, the rise in temperatures has probably added to the magnitude of recent storms, says Jim Lushine, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Miami. "It's safe to assume that the higher water temperatures in the Atlantic are contributing to the intensity of this year's storms," he says. The number of storms is not likely to be affected by the temperature changes, says Lushine...
...clouds and extremely high winds. In order for a hurricane to become as powerful as an Andrew or a Floyd, it must encounter several very specific environmental factors, including water temperatures above 80 degrees and a calm upper atmosphere. An Atlantic storm begins its life when high cumulus clouds gather over warm waters, often off the west coast of Africa. These clouds become a circular mass of thunderstorms, shaped by the curvature of the earth's atmosphere. These strong thunderstorms develop into tropical storms as they suck warm surface water to the top of the storm. This warm water...
...headquarters, and instantaneous leaks of the foray were regarded as her camp's first big p.r. move against Freeh since the debacle erupted two weeks ago. He had started his own damage control early, making public the memos that confirmed the use of hot grenades, naming 40 agents to gather the facts and proposing that a reputable outsider head the new investigation. The extremely deliberate Reno would accede to all that later but seemed to be plodding two steps behind the nimbler FBI director. It wasn't the first time Freeh rushed to stake claim on the moral high ground...
...Internet to build bridges between themselves and their strategic partners. Each member of the online biz-to-biz (B2B) brigade is hoping to use the Net's instantaneous global reach to build digital marketplaces where buyers and sellers who may never have met in the off-line world can gather daily to move huge and growing amounts of the nation's basic goods...