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ently, 21 states are feeling the dry conditions, with 13 of them locked in severe drought at the start of the growing season.*Along the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico, coastal residents were told to expect a strong hurricane season in the wake of abating La Nia conditions. At least 11 tropical storms are predicted, with three or more forecast to turn into big hurricanes.*As an indication of warming temperatures globally, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said three massive icebergs broke off from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica, showing that ancient ice caps are receding and oceans are rising.There is always something unusual with the weather going on, says Ed O'Lenic of the National Weather Service's climate operations branch. There will always be anomalies, but the question is: Are these just typical anomalies or are they part of a pattern of events that is beyond normal explanation?The moderating of La Nia may ease the regional droughts of the past two years. But the change has
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 e opposite, says Carl Tobias, professor of law at the University of Richmond. The ports deal is an easier issue to explain to the public, because it seems to find the administration in a contradiction, he adds.Indeed, Republicans  facing midterm elections that will decide whether they keep their majority status  are in no mood to blink over a ports deal with Dubai that has outraged many of their constituents.At the risk of the first veto of the Bush presidency, House Republicans rushed to attach language effectively banning the deal to a mustpast war and hurricane relief spending bill, expected on the floor for a vote next week. The move has the broad support of leadership and the GOP caucus, says a spokesman for Speaker Dennis Hastert.Our public is very concerned about a foreign country, especially from the Middle East, having a major role in our ports, says Rep. Jerry Lewis (R) of California, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, which marked up the $92.2 billion FY 2006 supplemental on Thursday. It i
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 f kindness: Leave a Tender Moment Alone.We had it, and oh man, it felt good. Better than good. Immediately after we witnessed a gaping hole in the heart of our defense and heroes lost forever, meanness melted, traffic slowed, and racial differences were put aside. In those intense hours that made up the first few days of reaction, we were one voice, aching for peace, decrying the foulness of profiling, and passing the collection plate.Now that the candles are dusty, what's happened to the undeniable moment of truthOne answer tops the list: Tenderness is no longer alone it has lots of familiar company.Over and over, commentators warned us that the tenderness wouldn't last. Church attendance has tapered off perhaps because those who rushed back believe the crisis has subsided.Marriages that managed a lastminute reprieve need more serious counsel. Time set aside for hugs has evaporated into its former schedule. Neighbors race to work for companies that haven't yet laid off whole towns. There's less talk about worl
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 to the creation of the state of Israel, to allow this to happen without the most strenuous diplomatic efforts. This is separate from, but related to, withdrawal from Hebron.The West Bank (the territory west of the Jordan River) is home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs and hundreds of Israeli Jews. It was seized by Israel during the SixDay War in 1967. The occupation continues in defiance of a 1967 United Nations Security Council resolution urging withdrawal.At least since the Nixon administration, the United States has advocated a policy of land for peace, whereby Israel would withdraw from parts of the West Bank in return for solid political agreements. This was the foundation of the Oslo plan, which was accepted as the basis for negotiation by the previous Israeli government headed by the martyred Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. But this is precisely what Mr. Netanyahu's Likud Party has so much trouble accepting.A part of Likud's concern  a part shared by all Israelis  has to do with security. That
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