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...must call a general election by September, and one could come as early as April. But as his approval ratings plummet, speculation is increasing that he will be forced to step down soon. "There's no optimistic short-term scenario for Japan," says Curtis. "The economy will get worse. Politics will get worse. That's the cruel reality of Japan today." And that means Aso's support rating can only get worse. "It's too late for Aso to turn it around," Curtis says. "He'll lose a point a week and by early March he'll be down...
...fiery nationalistic rhetoric, as President George W. Bush so often did. Chávez recently remarked that Obama seemed to have the "same stench" as Bush, but over the weekend said he'd be willing to meet with the new U.S. leader before the Summit of the Americas in April in Trinidad. Obama has already invited Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to the White House next month, a sign that he'd prefer to deal with a more moderate Latin leftist. The only problem is that Lula's second and final term ends next year...
...last word on Abraham Lincoln appears on a wall above the marker, engraved in dark marble. "Now he belongs to the ages." Edwin Stanton, Lincoln's secretary of war, said it when his leader died at dawn on an April day in 1865. But it is never and nowhere more true than in Springfield on the day you make your visit...
...Even increased Valentine’s Day spending might not do the job, however, and Easter, the next largest spending day, doesn’t come until April 12. We need a new, Hallmark-based occasion to fiscally demonstrate our love for significant others and bump up consumer spending in March. There are many options to choose from: Johnny Appleseed Day, Single Parent’s Day, National Goof-Off Day, Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, or even National Something-On-A-Stick Day. Best of all is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day on March 26. (I could not make...
...conversations with someone sitting next to us to a misdelivered package on our doorstep—Smith’s candid style leads us to the intersection of our past and our present, forcing examination of how our experiences, real or imagined, shape both.—Staff writer April M. Van Buren can be reached at amvan@fas.harvard.edu...