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...normal midterm election, it's often the House races, where candidates generally are not well known or well funded, that get tousled by the big national issues of the day. Senate races tend to be more separate, individual affairs, and until recently, the South Dakota race was mainly about meat-packing and ethanol subsidies. But for different reasons, candidates from both parties this year are trying to paint the bigger picture: Republicans in hope of surfing on Bush's continued popularity, and Democrats because they now face the possibility of losing their one-vote hold on the Senate. A unified...
...White House is certain that re-newed U.N. inspections won't end the threat of Saddam continuing to accumulate weapons of mass destruction and that only his demise will do the trick. Former U.N. inspectors tend to agree. In eight years of policing the country, they found and destroyed sizable quantities of his weapons of mass destruction, but not all of the ones he was known to have. Since inspections broke off in 1998, Saddam is widely believed to have retooled and restocked chemical and biological agents and brought his nuclear program back into high gear, while vastly improving...
...Americans unemployed for six or more months hit 1.6 million last month, up 93% from a year ago. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were created during many months in the '90s, but the job market shrunk by 43,000 jobs in September. Professionals and other elite workers--who tend to be older, better educated and highly trained--find themselves fighting for a shrinking pool of high-paying jobs. And in the wake of 9/11, only 12% of laid-off managers are willing to relocate for jobs, according to Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas--the lowest since the company...
...Professional recruiters don’t tend to know much about the rest of the company,” she said. “It’s kind of frustrating...
...recounts his discoveries. Hillman Farm Goat Cheese is made by Carolyn Hillman, an artist, and her husband, the town fix-it-all, in a small town in western Massachusetts. “They’re wonderful,” Gurdal says. “Together, they tend to their herd of 60 goats and two pet oxen. Their raw milk tomme is aged eight months and is one of the best out there...