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...outspoken opponent of his likely successor Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The danger for Labour, Byers told the British broadsheet the Sunday Telegraph, is that when Blair leaves office, as he has promised to do before the next election, "voters will feel that the pragmatic and modernizing approach of New Labour has gone with him." Byers also argued that the tax is unfair because the very wealthy tend to get advice on how to avoid paying it, but "this is not an option if your only asset of any real worth is the family home." Brown supporters quickly...
...believe it for a second. Would your grandmother ever say, "If people are ripping your face off, you have to rip their face off" (Pelosi's approach to handling attacks from Republicans)? How about "If you take the knife off the table, it's not very frightening anymore" (her explanation for why she won't let voters forget George W. Bush's unpopular Social Security proposal from last year...
...fact remains that any stem cells created using this approach would still not qualify for federal funding - since it would entail the creation of new stem cell lines - and, in addition, still does not address concerns about harm to the embryo that many religious and conservative groups have. For members of the Catholic Church, which opposes any creation of human embryos outside of the human body, the technique still involves manipulating - and potentially harming - an embryo. "The problem is that the researchers are subjecting a human being to risks without any advantage to that individual," says Edward Furton, staff ethicist...
...fact UN officials had been stressing for days that the rules of engagement did allow the UN troops a robust approach to self-defense. And there is no more clarity than there was last week as to how the Lebanese Army will effect the nearly impossible task of verifiably disarming Hizballah-nor any new guarantees of Israeli restraint if they spy evidence that they aren't. But on the eve of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, it was clearly no longer tenable for France, a key architect of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, to be seen...
...black terrazzo tables in the 65-seat restaurant, whose eclectic menu stretches from Peking duck to elk steak. A 35-m swimming pool and whirlpool accompany full spa facilities. Originality and exclusivity makes Amangani a big hit with celebrity guests, but Zecha insists its real draw is its nonflashy approach. "Just don't say it's Zen-like," he urges. "It's so pretentious, and that's what we try to shy away from." tel: (1-307) 734 7333; www.amangani.com