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The USAT lead goes high with the U.N.'s decision, driven by a fear of abandoning East Timor to murdering militias, to buy some time by delaying until Friday the planned evacuation of its remaining personnel from East Timor.
Gary Bauer, Steve Forbes, and some Hill Republicans accused Bush of abandoning the GOP rank and file, and Bush backtracked slightly, stressing that the GOP's image as heartless was a Democratic caricature, not reality.
Instead of lambasting studios for abandoning artistic principles in favor of the almighty dollar, Ross attacks the Coens for abandoning film school principles in favor of their own.
After a bout of jealous banter, the doctor declares a smug faith in his wife's fidelity, whereupon Alice--who has been smoking dope and quietly simmering--wallops him with the news that she once came this close to abandoning him and the couple's daughter for a soldier she locked eyes with at a resort hotel.
"The leader of the nonproliferation effort over the last 50 years, the United States of America, is not abandoning its leadership," said Sen.