Earlier in Crawford, Texas, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said a ceasefire in name only - that breaks down in hours or days - serves no one's interest.

星期二早些时候，白宫发言人约翰·德罗在德克萨斯州克劳福德表示，一个在几个小时或者几天内就会崩溃的名义上的停火不符合任何人的利益。

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Kevin Crawford, an IT manager for the city, thinks it will save more than $1m a year over the next few years simply by not having to run and support its own in-house systems for things such as e-mail.

IT经理凯文克劳福德认为在未来几年，仅仅是不用使用和维护自己内部的系统（例如电子邮件）所节省下来的费用就将超过一百万美元。

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Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford live in the USA. They have got a flat in New York and a house in California.

理查基尔和辛迪·克劳福德住在美国，他们在纽约有一套住宅，在加利福尼亚有一所房子。

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But whereas Karr and Johnston are mere journalists, Crawford is a former White House aide aiming against all odds to change the regulatory philosophy.

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In fact, in summertime, Las Vegas is to the NBA what Crawford, Texas, is to the White House, because the league runs an informal competition for its young players there, and the Strip turns into an NBA convention.

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Meanwhile, U.S. President George W. Bush called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to discuss a "sustainable cease-fire, " White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe told reporters in Crawford, Texas.

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