But public opinion polls underscore just how big a task President Bush has as he presses his case.

NPR: White House Blames Tepid Response on Details

He presses a button near the trigger to add that value to (or subtract it from) the distance determined by the rangefinder.

ECONOMIST: Military technology

He has the power to hire and fire, and thus can make or break a musical career depending on whether he presses "play" or "eject" on the expensive CD player in his office.

CNN: The Quest for music

As a result, he either presses what he perceives to be an advantage, or he thinks there is little need to talk to us.

FORBES: New Asia

He scolds anyone who presses him on an issue he hasn't thought through.

CNN: The Branding of Bill Bradley

If Mr Roh now presses prosecutors to pursue these cases without prejudice, he can delight his party while striking an important blow for reform.

ECONOMIST: South Korea

After taking charge in 2005, he transformed it from a clunky conglomerate with interests from printing presses to spaceflight into a business focused on building trucks, turbines and the house-sized diesel engines that power more than three-quarters of the world's big ships.

ECONOMIST: MAN, VW and Scania

If Mr Gore presses that issue, and finds others that appeal, he may persuade Minnesotans to remember their native liberals: Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Eugene McCarthy, who helped to foster among many Minnesotans their once-deep belief that government was more benevolent than meddlesome.

ECONOMIST: The campaign

An Android app developer has published what he says is conclusive proof that millions of smartphones are secretly monitoring the key presses, geographic locations, and received messages of its users.

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