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...flavored chocolates to a recovering alcoholic.) But despite the LDP's legislative success, constitutional revision is far from certain-and even if it does happen, the role of Japan's military is unlikely to change in a threatening way. Pacifism is too entrenched and too convenient for Japan to abandon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sayonara, Samurai | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...soldiers killed in the Korean war, said on ABC's Sunday talk show, This Week that "the nuclear card is their biggest asset so they're going to play it to the hilt." But Richardson also said he believed that the North Koreans have "made the strategic decision" to abandon their weapons program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens Now on North Korea? | 4/16/2007 | See Source »

...allies have questioned his campaign pledge to create a "Ministry for Immigration and National Identity"--a linkage many decry as a Le Penesque invocation of a creeping foreign menace to France. However controversial, the moves have helped "Sarko" win over some Le Pen loyalists. "The true racists will never abandon Le Pen," says Nicolas Rullier, 29, summarizing what he hears at his newsstand beside the sun-washed medieval Benedictine abbey. "But I think lots of regular people here who voted for Le Pen in the past to voice their fears and anger are seriously thinking of voting for Sarkozy this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Saint-Gilles | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...Ronald Reagan). Others say Justices particularly skilled in persuasion sway their more malleable brethren. A more hopeful theory is that cases are so thoroughly briefed and argued by the time they reach the court that the truly compelling side, regardless of ideology, wins out. In other words, Justices often abandon ideology simply to make the right decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Drifters | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...Bayrou: I'm not saying we abandon left and right, just that everyone - left, right and center-has to work together. Each takes its place in working to redress the problems that France faces today. My majority will be a large one, with the center as its axis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bayrou Speaks | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

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