Last spring, when McCain-Feingold was coming up for a vote, its opponents bombarded lawmakers with letters and faxes, including one by antiabortion activists warning that they would "score" this as a key pro-choice vote, since limits on campaign spending would restrict their ability to get a message out.

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In Ms Stowe's experience, there are seasonal variations in divorce - but the blips tend to come in the spring and early summer - when school exams are over and term is coming to an end.

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