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...Meanwhile, India's actual opposition, led by the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, is positively gleeful over the government's failure: Last Tuesday, BJP chief L.K. Advani derided Singh as the "weakest Prime Minister India has ever had," mocking his "opportunistic alliance" with the Left Front. Of course, the BJP had also agitated vociferously against the deal, but many suspect that had the hawkish, U.S.-friendly BJP been in power, they would have more likely embraced the nuclear treaty...
...their first chance to show off the strength of Harvard’s crew to their hometown teams. “The really exciting thing for me this season is our first race of the season is at Cornell against Cornell and Penn, so it’s my actual home course, senior year, against the best team in the country for the last two years,” Mulcahy said. “I’d really like to shake things up there. I’m hoping to bring out the Ithaca supporters for Harvard for that...
...filmmaking, skiing in India, and—oh, yeah—his latest flick.LAISSEZ-FAIRE FILMING?Most scenes in “Darjeeling” stem from real events, said Anderson. For him, it marks a great departure from his previous films, which rely on fantastic constructions more than actual experiences. “We had decided that we wanted to make this movie very, very personal,” said Anderson, wearing a well-tailored suit worthy of one of his characters. “We were very conscious about trying to use our own experiences as much...
...While Chan has demonstrated plenty of political nous in the past, one thing she has never been is an actual politician - until now. In a second-act surprise, the 67-year-old former civil servant is running for Hong Kong's Legislative Council; if she wins, she will become the unquestioned leader of the legislature's democratic caucus. The Dec. 2 by-election - for a seat made vacant by the death of pro-Beijing lawmaker Ma Lik - is being billed as the most dramatic in Hong Kong's history because of its implications for democratic reform. Chan faces...
...with so many disputes in Washington, the actual difference is dollar terms is fairly small: Bush supports a $25 billion expansion of SCHIP, while Democrats insist on a $35 billion increase. And after the beating the G.O.P. has taken in the last month, on Wednesday the President sounded downright conciliatory on the program. "I made clear that if putting poor children first requires more than the 20% increase in funding I proposed, we'll work with Congress to find the money we need," Bush said in his opening remarks at a White House press conference. "I'm confident...