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Chalk up a diplomatic win??for the White House. President Bush's surprise offer last week to talk to Tehran yielded breakthroughs that have momentarily quelled fears of U.S. military action against the Iranian regime. During a marathon meeting in Vienna with diplomats from the four other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, as well as Germany and the E.U. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice obtained an unprecedented commitment from Moscow and Beijing to support penalties in the Council if Iran refuses a package of political and economic incentives and continues nuclear activities that could enable it to build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World vs. Iran | 6/4/2006 | See Source »

Pennsylvania is really three states. Philadelphia is part of the liberal Northeast, Pittsburgh is Midwestern, and the center of the state is rural and conservative. Philly could be the key: Kerry needs to win??by a big margin by turning out 35,000 newly registered voters. He will also try to win??the Pittsburgh area. Bush will try to prevail in the Philly suburbs. He's even courting the Amish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: Election Day Guide | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

Al Gore gave up on Ohio in October 2000. Kerry's not walking away. And with the state economy weak, Bush's approval rating sank to 43% in a recent poll. Bothe sides will try to win??in Columbus, Dayton and Canton. Kerry needs a big turnout in Cleveland and Toledo; Bush needs it in the northwestern Farm Belt and the Cincinnati suburbs. Legal fights are already erupting over electionprocedures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: Election Day Guide | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...won the state last time; Democrats have already filed nine lawsuits this year challenging election rules. Kerry needs a big turnout in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. Bush needs big numbers in the Panhandle and the southern Gulf Coast. Both sides want to win??the area stretching from Tampa to Orlando to Daytona Beach--the fastest-growing area in the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: Election Day Guide | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...leading swimmer of the Americans with the most to win???or lose?was Tracy Caulkins, a gangling 15-year-old from Nashville who still has heavy braces on her teeth. In the past four months she had set 14 U.S. records and one world record in butterfly, breaststroke and medley events, and her potential was enormous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Return of the Water Sprites | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

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