USA has the stuff bad dreams are made of
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The United States basketball team didn&#39;t just lose to Argentina and, with it, a chance to play for the Olympic gold medal. The high-priced roster of NBA players might have lost something even more precious than that: the world&#39;s respect.
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It finds itself becoming increasingly entwined with the powers it once shunned, particularly the United States.
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The worst American loss in Ryder Cup history led to a shakeup in the qualification process, a change geared toward making sure the US is on top of its game when the 2006 matches are played in Ireland.
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America's reputation around the world is hurting, according to a series of coordinated polls from 10 countries, including many of the United States' closest allies.
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On the home front and around the world, President Bush has failed the United States. His economic record is one of record deficits, loss of jobs, creation of low-wage jobs.
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She may be the land of plenty, but when it comes to purchasing certain autos, America falls short.
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What started with the debut of a &quot;dream team&quot; turned into a nightmare of a Friday for the United States at the 35th Ryder Cup Matches.
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The arrival of the 787 Dreamliner highlights what a striking counterpoint Western Washington has been in a country where manufacturing jobs have long been in decline.
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US trade policy is far from perfect, of course. But election year rhetoric, particularly that on &quot;outsourcing&quot; of jobs, may have given some Americans a distorted view of reality.
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If (or should that be when?) the United States doesnât win the gold medal in menâs basketball, America canât say that it was caught off guard.
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The worst United States loss in Ryder Cup history led to a shake-up in the qualification process, a change geared toward making sure the Americans are on top of their game when the 2006 matches are played in Ireland.
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For Europe, it was a glorious start to the 35th Ryder Cup. For the United States, it was a nightmare.
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NEW YORK  - A comparative analysis of dream images suggests how deeply the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks impacted Americans' emotions, researchers report.
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As a lifelong resident of Louisiana, the U.S. state that gave us  Huey Long and  David Duke, I have always  taken comfort in the fact that my home state is an island  of insanity in a country that mostly gets it right.    But lately I recognize some disturbingly familiar trends on  the national scene.  Listen if you will to the tale of two  elections, and decide for yourself if the USA as a whole is  turning into Louisiana.
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Phil Mickelson was left to carry the can for the abject failure of the Americans&#39; so-called dream team, but the bigger problem for the US Ryder Cup side is the one who looked as if he had been hard done by, Tiger Woods.
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The world still moves in file with the US, but how badly it suffers in a coming slowdown depends on how long it lasts
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Americans have a decidedly dour view of how things are going in the country and an outsized view of what one person Â the president Â can do about it.