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…vote if it can. The tricky thing is that UK prime minister Tony Blair has since openly called for a referendum and thereby heightened the pressure on Chriac to do…

…guess Bush meant to add, “except, of course, when I’m on vacation.” But, “with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer,” it didn’t “pop into [his]…

…of this press conference post, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn’t yet. ” READER: Don’t you mean “hasn’t”? ME: Hasn’t what?…

under pressure by the IGC, and that it reflects the weakness of the US position there. In an article over the weekend DEBKA asserted several things that I haven’t seen…

…initially opposed the creation of the independent commission to examine if the 2001 attacks could have been prevented, before getting behind the idea under pressure from victims’ families. # He…

…saying the administration didn’t go to battle stations. As for the alleged pressure from Mr. Bush to find an Iraq-9/11 link, Hadley says, “We cannot find evidence that this conversation…

…to pick up? The answers are important, because until we start seeing typical inflation in China, the Chinese central bank will face no pressure to reduce their purchases of US…

…deficit rises, pressure could mount to hike interest rates to keep investors interested in U.S. bonds, which are a primary means for Uncle Sam to raise capital. Typically, higher interest…

…frankly never opened,” said O’Neill, who resigned under pressure a year ago in a shake-up of Bush’s economy team. A bit of perspective is probably called for at this point,…

…keep out of the deflationary spiral that ensnared Japan, and also to help improve the solvency of their banks. China is under significant pressure to turn its banks around fast,…