The Bush administration now faces greater hurdles in selling controversial initiatives, such as its new energy plan, which in part calls for increased oil drilling and greater use of nuclear power, and the president's dreamofa national missile defense shield.
Gen LaGreca is the author ofthe award-winning medical thriller, Noble Vision, and ofthe forthcoming historical novel, ADreamof Daring, which explores the great power struggle and clashing visions for the future in mid-19th century America.
The experience on the Carnival Dream became something ofa nightmare for passengers Wednesday when power went off, toilets stopped working, and no one was allowed to leave -- despite the fact that the ship was docked at Philipsburg, St.