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Karl Rove carries in his briefcase a laminated card to help remind him of the central dynamic of the 2004 election. It shows five neat bar graphs for each presidential election since 1988 and last year's midterm election. Republicans are in red, Democrats are in blue, and between them a shrinking wedge of green shows the independent voter, a segment that has diminished with each contest...
...Still, neat lines of accountability do not guarantee the success of so audacious an enterprise as the American determination to remake Iraq. In any war, older and elemental loyalties, beliefs and suspicions can wreck even carefully laid plans. In a small town west of Ramadi last week, dozens of Iraqis milled around the shell of a house that had been wrecked a week before by missiles from a U.S. helicopter gunship, killing six resistance fighters. The visitors were there because they had heard--and believed--the rumors. The place, they said, smelled not of death but of sweet perfume...
...With his signature black turtleneck, neat goatee and long hair pulled back in a sleek ponytail, the 40-year-old Kon takes pains to set himself apart from the stereotypical otaku animator who's too immersed in his cartoon world to ever change out of slippers and pajamas. But Kon's distance from the anim? mainstream is more than sartorial; he is one of the rare animators whose creative point of reference isn't other animation or manga. Instead, he takes his inspiration from reality: "My ideas for movies come from the world that I live in. When I walk...
...relay was really neat,” Chang said. “That was the first time I got to be in a [collegiate] relay...
...every year. But it's amazing that EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour (all consoles, $46) manages each year to exceed expectations. If you enjoy whacking a tiny white ball around manicured lawns with a big stick, this is a must-have addition to your video-game library. Two neat touches put the 2004 version head and golf pants above the competition. First, there's a feature called Game Face, which lets you--by tweaking everything from eyebrows to teeth to paunch--create a golfer who looks just like you. Second, club control has been simplified and and perfected...