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...Gore ran today against Bush, the poll shows, Bush would win handily, 57% to 40%. That suggests that no matter how much Al Gore has changed as a candidate since 2000, the mood of the country would have to undergo a much more dramatic shift over the next 24 months for Gore to topple Bush. Give Gore credit for speaking so bluntly to TIME about the issues, but as of today, candor is not the problem: unless Bush stumbles badly on the economy and the war on terrorism next year, Gore will not get the traction he hopes...
...some it's a sad shift away from what has been a product made only by Old World artisans. Yet the changes are all but inevitable, as technology compensates for a dwindling supply of qualified craftsmen. "It's an inescapable truth that machines can ultimately step in and do most jobs as well as, if not better than, humans," says Hetherington. There's no denying that for utter precision and consistency, nothing beats a 125-ton computer-driven swaging machine hammering down on a barrel 1,600 times a minute. What is unknown is whether knowledgeable collectors--seeking uniqueness...
...numerous bars that line the alleyways near Kuta's nightclub strip, Suameria usually has Saturday nights off and spends them hanging out in front of the Sari Club, drinking beers and watching the foreign clubbers come and go. But on the night of October 12, he took a second shift to cover for a friend. The overtime saved his life. The car bomb that destroyed the Sari Club and killed 191 people was parked at the corner where Suameria would have been standing if he'd been partying. "I believe in fate," he says, "and it wasn't my fate...
...definitely picked up our play in the second,” Pell said. “We try to take it shift by shift. Our specific focus is on small goals, like finding the open cutter. The small things lead to big plays...
...fishermen have been using their own boats and nets - and even telephone poles as booms - to try to prevent the goo from reaching beaches and ports. Given the nasty weather, many in Galicia can only watch and wait for now, hoping that the wind and wave patterns will soon shift, sparing further damage to wildlife, fisheries and coastline. The Portuguese pray that the black gunk will not reach their shores; environmentalists hope it also will miss Spain's Las Islas Cies national park, the Aquarium Finisterre complex and other areas of great biodiversity. Out at sea, meanwhile, slicks break...