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...Though many political analysts have assumed that Vajpayee's popularity will power the BJP-led coalition to a resounding victory in the elections, the party's core base of support is confined largely to upper-caste Hindus in the north and west. The party has little appeal in the south or east and relies on small regional parties for support. The Congress has been aggressively wooing many of these regional parties?with increasing signs of success. To forge a coalition of anti-BJP parties and to strike a chord with moderate voters, the Congress appears determined to harp...
...Scriptural Alternatives Your article on "The Lost Gospels" [Dec. 22], about early Christian Scriptures that were dropped from the canon and are now being revisited by biblical scholars, could have noted that Gnosticism's appeal was not confined to ancient times but has proved to be widespread and enduring. Gnosticism addresses the feelings of displacement and alienation that have haunted us in recent times. Many people today feel frightened and amazed by the complexities and irrationalities of the world. The platitudes of organized religion do not seem sufficient. Gnosticism offers a consolation to be found in an esoteric mystical insight...
...millworker. He has poured millions of dollars into the state and put forward a set of populist ideas that would seem tailor-made for Iowa. But it has yet to come together for the first-term Senator from North Carolina, who has the most upbeat, positive appeal in the race. He says he is in the race to win, though even his Iowa co-chairwoman, Roxanne Conlin, concedes that a third-or fourth-place finish is probably the best he can hope...
...week the company tried to extract every ounce of buzz it could from the naming ceremony, drawing thousands of veteran cruisers, journalists and European travel agents to tour the ship. The general verdict was highly positive, even if the ship's decor and amenities seemed to be straining to appeal to customers in different age and income groups. After his tour, Mike Driscoll, editor of Cruise Week, an industry newsletter, said, "They're not going after 65-year-olds who care about the weight of the silverware. There aren't enough of them anymore. They're going after...
...York City has 36,720 officers, or 1 for every 218 residents, while Los Angeles has 9,320, or 1 for every 429. A request for extra funds was rebuffed by the city council last May, so Bratton has been thinking of launching a ballot initiative in November to appeal directly to voters. To get such a measure passed in the midst of California's fiscal crisis, he will need the public to accept his claim that better policing is the reason for the drop in crime rates. As he put it to his officers at the Rampart roll call...