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McCain is trying to make up ground too. He plans to relaunch his website within the next two months, adding many of the interactive features it lacks, including ones that will allow supporters to arrange house parties or write letters to the editor. The campaign is also banking on the historically superior volunteer efforts of the Republican National Committee to narrow the disparity in ground support. In 2004 the committee helped organize an estimated 1.4 million volunteers, many of whom responded to an online get-out-the-vote operation...
...House The Senate's bill does not cover enough ground, say Democrats, who want more reforms for homeowners. Their version could provide up to $300 billion in federal guarantees to help refinance mortgages, as well as a $7,500 interest-free loan to first-time home buyers...
...countries in the International Security Assistance Force, which is attempting to stabilize Afghanistan and neutralize the Taliban and al-Qaeda. But Canada is one of only a handful of NATO countries that have embraced the task of actual war-fighting. The Canadians, who have 2,500 troops on the ground, have suffered 82 fatalities, a death rate that is higher than the U.S. military's in Iraq. In an increasingly two-tiered NATO alliance, Canada occupies the fighting tier, alongside the U.S., Britain, Denmark and the Netherlands...
...this week to hear Pope Benedict XVI speak on his first visit to the U.S. Danielle C. Kijewski ’11 is going to see the Pope in D.C.’s new National Stadium, one of his many destinations in the coming days. Other stops include Ground Zero and Yankee Stadium in New York City. “I am very much excited and inspired by his coming,” Kijewski said. “This is a time when many Catholics in America are facing tough choices, and Pope Benedict XVI’s coming...
...Ethiopian chant backed by synthesizers, strings, and African percussion instruments such as the timbale. The strings and synthesizers played Ethiopian scales, but the arrangement drew heavily on European classical music, setting up tension through suspended notes and delayed resolutions. European melodies emerged to complement the African chant, finding common ground between the two distinct systems of tonality.The video accompaniment further emphasized the common ground between the two traditions, showing parallel shots of a priest gesturing with a prayer staff and a symphony conductor waving a baton. The priest, backlit by torchlight flickering through plumes of smoke, held the maqwammiya like...