I say ‘Yes,’ but I just don’t know which one.”*The race for No. The Bush administration’s failure to prevent either disaster stems from its stubborn view that Afghanistan can be fixed on the cheap.Drought is an old enemy in Afghanistan, yet spending on water projects has lagged, as has all infrastructure work in a nation where 70% of the people are poor farmers. He threw a 38-yard pass to Terrence Whitehead, who zigzagged to the Oklahoma 34. “It’s been so long, too long,” said Barker, her eyes beginning to mist. Not when USC trails in a game.Can the Trojans lose this year?You bet your Jon Arnett, but, just to be clear, they did not almost lose Saturday.The real scuttlebutt emerging from this weekend concerns other unbeaten schools and what they’re trying to pull over our eyes — sort of like Louisville after Oregon State but before it met South Florida.There are outfits, frankly, that are contenders and others that, by law, should be kept 100 yards from all polling stations.Here is a by-conference assessment of the unbeaten schools.Pacific 10:Buying it — USC, UCLA.Not buying it — California, Washington State. Meanwhile, “The Assistants,” written by “a former assistant to the stars,” is about “five miserable souls working in the city of the soulless — Hollywood.”Of course, all the above owe their very bindings to “The Devil Wears Prada,” the thinly veiled 2003 account of what sheer hell it is to answer the phone of Anna Wintour, the iceberg-like editor of Vogue. Open that kept him from the threshold of the Grand Slam?And has anyone heard from Ernie Els lately?Woods is the defending champion, although that might not carry much weight at Royal Liverpool, which is steeped in as much mystery as history.

“No civilian should be arrested without just cause.”The arrest came as another bloody day unfolded across Iraq. Michael Mondavi’s fantasy of his children sometime in the future making wine in outer space is one of the funnier moments in the film, but also one of the creepiest. He walks in long loping strides past the lodgepole pines, and the profusion of yellow and red wildflowers that burst into life in the early summer, and kneels at the edge of the water.”Lake water is better,” he says, glancing up. “But as the many victims of his crime have so poignantly explained, his crimes have imposed on them a life sentence of poverty.”In addition to handing down a prison term of 24 years and four months, Lake ordered Skilling to pay about $45 million in restitution to the thousands of investors and employees who lost money when Enron failed. Southern Louisiana endures, and New Orleans is champing to rebuild, but their unique flavor is bound to fade if the French Louisianans don’t return.That community faces “probably the greatest catastrophe” in its history, said David Cheramie, who directs the state’s Council for the Development of French.”We can rebuild the levees, we can rebuild the buildings,” he said. The company increased its forecast for revenue and subscribers.The loss expanded to $177.5 million, or 13 cents a share, from $136.8 million, or 11 cents, a year earlier, as programming expenses soared 55% to $16.2 million Sirius said it added shows to 120 channels.

And both reemerged last year from difficult experiences recording their third albums — projects plagued and delayed by creative uncertainty and back-to-the-drawing-board regrouping.Apple is a quirky cult artist who sells more records than most such performers, and Coldplay is a mainstream mega-seller that also drew cult-like devotion and critical respect — even being taken seriously as a contender for the Olympian stature of a U2.That prospect hit a bump with the problematic third album, “X&Y,” whose sales of more than 2.5 million aren’t chopped liver but still fall short of those of its predecessor, 2002’s “A Rush of Blood to the Head.”It also stalled artistically, failing to advance the band’s vision despite all the retooling. When I asked a group of University of Houston graduate students in social work what is the biggest difference between New Orleans and Houston, they almost all used one word — opportunity.”This is a place where people go to get ahead,” said Crystal Walker, a native New Orleanian and former student at predominantly black Southern University at New Orleans “You don’t have that cloud over you here. Smith Brothers does not sell its products in major grocery chains.The farm serves 1% of the Northwest market, but that 1% has proved to be loyal. The enclave has had an equestrian tradition for more than 75 years.”This is absolutely good news,” said David Mains, who spoke on behalf of Horses for Orange Park Acres, a residents group in favor of a horse limit.More than 80 residents were at the board meeting, many in support of the new limit, but the crowd included those favoring fewer horses and some who didn’t want a cap.For nearly two decades, Orange Park Acres had no ordinance dictating how many horses could be boarded.With more public stables in the county closing over the last 15 years, some Orange Park Acres residents began illegally boarding horses there.Some boarded more than 20 horses on an acre and charged more than $300 a month. “Both sides need to own up to their part in it, even if it’s just: ‘Well, I’m a light sleeper.’ “Alice focuses couples on the fact that they want to stay together.