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...hundreds of U.N. peacekeeping troops. The arrival of the British was applauded by Freetown citizens, who, for a few days, had believed that the RUF rebels were about to launch another of their murderous attacks on the city. The presence of a disciplined, well-trained Western force turned the mood within a week...
...Look at what's happening with the energy policy. Just as gas prices are falling like a stone - 30 cents since mid-May - the White House sends out its energy-plan salesmen. And just as the rebate checks are going out, the American people may not be in the mood to play along with the Administration's hopes for quick and conspicuous consumption of the tax rebate. In a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll released Monday, only 17 percent plan to spend the money. Some 47 percent say they'll pay off bills, 32 percent will save or invest it, 2 percent...
...Pearl Harbor's invasion of Japan also coincides with the rise of a new national mood. The hugely popular Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is determined to rekindle a feeling of pride after a decade of economic doldrums. His plans to revise the constitution, which renounces any offensive military capability, and to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, a contentious memorial for dead war veterans (including World War II war criminals), have elicited outcries abroad but little to none at home. Two years ago the Diet restored the World War II-era Hinomaru flag and Emperor-worshiping Kimigayo anthem as official standard-bearers...
...Some of the business leaders attending Wednesday?s meeting fear that the White House is all too aware of the messy public mood on this issue and won?t push hard for trade legislation. Some in the administration share their concerns. But the problem for free-traders is not the White House commitment to the issue. Bush and his team are bullish. The problem is how the White House chooses to spend its political capital; fighting for permanent trade authority requires...
...help postmenopausal women. Practitioners at Boston's Mind-Body Institute have incorporated forward-bending poses that massage the organs in the neuroendocrine axis (the line of glands that include the pituitary, hypothalamus, thyroid and adrenals) to bring into balance whatever hormones are askew, thus alleviating the insomnia and mood swings that often accompany menopause. The program is not recommended as a substitute for hormone-replacement therapy, only as an adjunct...