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...calls it "conservatism of the heart," an ideological recoil from the wreckage left by an unfettered free market. "What is conservatism all about?" he asks. "Reagan used to talk about family, faith, work, neighborhood, community. Communities are being torn apart. Families are under tremendous economic pressure. Conservatives are going to have to ask themselves, What is it we want to conserve...
Those who stoop in New Hampshire often conquer, but the contortions have left the winners aching long after. In 1988 George Bush promised no new taxes, and Bob Dole fatally refused; two years later Bush ripped his party apart when he abandoned his pledge. In 1992 Bill Clinton promised a juicy middle-class tax cut and upon election didn't bother with a decent interval: he jettisoned the idea before taking office. Lately New Hampshire hasn't just picked Presidents; it has presaged presidencies...
...Apart from this fault, the rest of the musical moves with as much grace and style as can be expected from a small-stage production. With music composed by the South African troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the same group which recorded the album Graceland with Paul Simon, the show alternates between spoken dialogue and a cappella song...
...Everything I buy is made in India or Mexico, and it all falls apart," said Charlie O'Brian, a Manchester resident who agreed that the government should stop permitting a trade deficit to persist. "I read the other day that we import more stuff than we sell to other countries...
LONDON: The IRA belatedly claimed responsibility for a bomb that ripped apart one of London's trademark double decker buses, killing one person, and sending nine to the hospital. The dead man may have been an IRA operative on his way to plant the device somewhere else. The IRA issued a statement saying it regretted the loss of life, but the blast is evidence that the organization's February 9th bombing of a London office complex was not a fluke. "The cease-fire in England is definitely over," says Time's Barry Hillenbrand. "If the terror campaign does not work...