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...could at least be assured of a warm welcome at his first stop. In Kyoto, Bush was to meet Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Bush loves Koizumi, and the feeling is mutual. More to the point, it has become conventional wisdom on both sides of the Pacific to assert that the U.S.-Japan alliance is now closer and stronger than it has ever been-an assessment strengthened by the rapid-fire conclusion of a number of military pacts between the two nations in the last month. But no amount of hugs between Bush and Koizumi can obscure some awkward questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brothers in Arms | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

...1970s, the loss of faith in government caused by Vietnam and Watergate actually ended up helping the right because Ronald Reagan came in saying, "Don't trust government." That doesn't mean it'll happen again that way, but there's an opportunity for a party to assert authority and order and say, "I'm going to end the chaos." The hunger for order in society is very strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum: The Road Ahead | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...Better now you ask us questions and we take notes, than we try to assert a position because we don’t have one,” he said...

Author: By Sara E. Polsky and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faculty Discusses Concentrations | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...University contends that these laws do not apply to them because they assert HUPD is a private entity and because the University has an overriding legal obligation to protect the privacy of those students victimized in crimes or medical emergencies...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Lawsuit at State Supreme Court | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

...Republicans assert that Kaine's emphasis on his faith provided "cover" on the hot-button issues of the death penalty and abortion. Christopher J. LaCivita, a consultant to the Republican Governors Association and friend of Kilgore's, thundered: "The Democrat Party's new strategy of embracing people who practice faith will be exposed for what it is-a ruse." But Kaine, chatting with TIME as voting wound down, said his experience as a missionary was what made him a public servant-as a civil rights lawyer, later as Richmond Mayor and currently as Virginia Lieutenant Governor. "Some Democrats are reluctant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Dems Won Virginia | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

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