Word: split
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...White House. Dole is expected to endorse George W. Bush Tuesday, and members of Bob Dole's 1996 campaign staff say the missus has her eyes set squarely on a VP nod. Whether or not she gets that, such an announcement would further highlight the split between the Bush-backing GOP establishment and maverick John McCain. More important: The endorsement blocks the Dole surname from landing in the McCain camp. Bob Dole has long shown a desire to support McCain, his former brother-in-arms on the Senate floor, and Liddy's siding with Bush now makes that unlikely...
...just so you know that human nature has not entirely altered as of this writing: what America once feared as the Soviet Union, we now fear as the Russian non-union--seething duchies with warheads underground. China, with its split personality, continues to make us nervous; we court its markets while trying to improve its government. In the Balkans, Christians spent the better part of the past nine years massacring Muslims. In Sudan, Muslims continue to massacre Christians. Over the past 100 years, we have advanced from Sarajevo to Sarajevo. If Sarajevo is again involved...
Despite these complications, the Troxels' heartache is all too common. Each year millions of grandparents see their relationships with beloved grandchildren curtailed or even severed when the parents split up. And the Troxels are trying to do something about that. Later this month the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of Troxel v. Granville and define what legal rights grandparents have to visit their grandkids...