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McCain's campaign has sought to give his running mate a crash course in the sorts of issues likely to feature in the Palin-Biden debate on Thursday night.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Let Palin be Palin
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But then things rose and rose and we had a great crescendo on the final day with some cracking races and, of course, the victory of Best Mate in the Gold Cup.
BBC: A Festival to remember
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The sterile flies (raised in special laboratories in Guatemala and rendered sterile with gamma rays) are expected to mate with females which, of course, will be unable to reproduce.
ECONOMIST: Florida agriculture
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By just tapping Palin as his running mate, McCain set forth a new course for the party away from the usual suspects and ensuring that even if the Republican ticket loses this Fall, that Palin will remain a national figure and will automatically become the leading candidate for the Republican nomination in 2012.
BBC: Republican Convention diary