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Something he has done very well is use his voice. One of the biggest weapons in the American arsenal during World War II was Roosevelt's extraordinary bond with the American people. He talked to them over the radio. And they very much believed what he said. In Bush's case, his rhetoric obviously is very different from Roosevelt's, but there is that same kind of bond. When Bush talks you feel he is talking from his gut; you don't hear the sound of pollsters and consultants hovering in the background...
...Meanwhile, elements of al-Qaeda could move in under cover of these groups - or worse yet, try to find a friendly home there by joining forces with Pakistan's hard-line religious parties to overthrow Musharraf and install an Islamic regime. Pakistan's nuclear arsenal alone makes that an alluring goal. For his survival, Musharraf will have to get Pakistan out of the terrorism business...
...decision beyond Russia. Some of it is primarily philosophical: The French were caught off guard and left displeased by the U.S. decision, and the Germans also expressed some concern. Other fears were more concrete: Chinese leaders worry a missile defense shield will essentially negate their entire (minimal) nuclear arsenal - sparking fears of a new arms race in Asia. Many congressional Democrats echo those concerns. "Unilateral withdrawal will likely lead to an action-reaction cycle," Sen. Carl Levin told the Associated Press. "?And that kind of arms race would not make us more secure," The Michigan Democrat is chair...
It’s easy to sympathize with the Watertown schoolchildren whose education might suffer due to the Arsenal purchase. It’s not their fault that the city’s tax base is small. But at the same time, it’s hard to see why Harvard should be obliged to pay what it doesn’t owe. The tax laws of the U.S. government and each of the 50 states give tax-exempt status to many non-profits. They do so because we consider charitable, educational, scientific or religious institutions to serve a valid...
...course, the profits that Harvard makes from leasing the Arsenal will be taxed. (This wasn’t the case in England, where tenants had discovered that they could sell their lands to the Church and then rent them back tax-free—a practice banned in the 1217 reissue of Magna Carta.) Also, the University still plans to establish a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement with the city to compensate it for some of the loss. But as long as Harvard doesn’t pay the full rate on its property, the resulting shortfall could...