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Despite a flood of speculation by officials in the U.S. and Iraq, no one really knows who is responsible for the increasing pace and skill of the resistance, which makes it doubly hard to devise an effective defense. As polls show American popular approval for the mission in Iraq beginning to sag and as political sniping in Washington intensifies, the Bush Administration is struggling to cast dismaying events in a hopeful light. "The more progress we make on the ground," declared the President, "... the more desperate these killers become." That struck many as an Orwellian way to measure U.S. success...
...There is no good reason for Dean to accept the limits. While he probably won?t match Bush?s likely $200 million warchest, he can raise a lot more than $45 million if he keeps up his current pace. And even the biggest advocates of campaign finance reform are giving him a pass on this issue. Watchdog Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21 said he couldn?t blame Dean because of Bush?s decision to opt out. While Dean?s opponents accused him of hypocrisy, most admitted privately they wish they had the same luxury. Campaign advisors for John Kerry...
...Oxford University meant time spent in an office tower, working with CEOs and top executives as an investment banker or accountant. For Lisa B. Schwartz ’03, internships at the U.N. and the Supreme Court of the United States offered a chance to relax from the hectic pace of maintaining...
...group. “What do you have if you don’t have your friends?” McDaniel asked. Watching their competitors frantically inhale their chickwiches, Bryson observed, “The other guys are going way too fast. We’re just trying to pace ourselves.” McDaniel took time to appreciate the moment. “You’ve got to cool it down with the water,” McDaniel said, enjoying a refreshing...
Last week it was revealed that the U.S. gross domestic product grew 7.2 percent over the summer, the fastest pace since 1984. The country also saw a 6.6 percent jump in consumer spending during the same quarter. Some economists are saying this could mean the economy is finally pulling out of its slump, but naysayers point to the fact that employment fell by 165,000 jobs during the quarter of growth and that the job market does not yet seem to be improving. What do you think? Does the growth in productivity signal an economic turnaround, or is this just...