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...With the first hundred days of the Bush administration completed, Card has established himself as a disciplined manager of the White House, forming a troika with senior adviser Karl Rove and counselor Karen Hughes to serve the president...
...White House troika...must take a major portion of the blame for the defection and must assume a major portion of the responsibility for getting Mr. Bush back to the center," wrote The New York Times editorial board on the day after Jefford's announcement. "Fundamentally, they have talked an excellent game in preaching unity, bipartisanship and inclusiveness but have handled Congress in a rough, even presumptuous manner...
...time. "Not all people respond to virtual reality," says Barlow, "but on average, it's just as effective for treating certain phobias." If specific phobias were the only type of phobias around, things would be decidedly easier for doctors and patients. But the two other members of the phobia troika--social phobias and panic disorders--can be a little trickier...
...rival campaigns are getting night sweats. "Waiting for his decision has been suffocating," complains a top moneyman for another campaign. Other Republican hopefuls crisscross the country and strain eager smiles for potential donors, but the Texas Governor has let the party come to him. Last week a muscular troika of rainmakers that included investment banker HENRY KRAVIS, oilman JOHN MORAN and fund manager LEWIS EISENBERG made the pilgrimage. Rival camps are terrified that Bush will reject federal matching funds and the campaign-spending limits they impose, and Bush's aides are coy on the subject. Why pass up the free...
...rival campaigns are getting night sweats. ?Waiting for his decision has been suffocating,? complains a top moneyman for another campaign. Other Republican hopefuls crisscross the country and strain eager smiles for potential donors, but the Texas governor has let the party come to him. Last week a muscular troika of rainmakers that included investment banker Henry Kravis, oilman John Moran and fund manager Lewis Eisenberg made the pilgrimage. Rival camps are terrified that Bush will reject federal matching funds and the campaign-spending limits they impose, and Bush?s aides are coy on the subject. Why pass up the free...