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...Britain's Sunday Times on Feb. 28, the Tories' margin over the governing Labour Party had diminished to just two percentage points, raising the specter of no party winning absolute control of Parliament. The problem: Britain has had little practice at coalition government in recent years. Its last attempt - more than 30 years ago - has done nothing to help sell the idea now. A hung Parliament could see a second election called in a matter of months. And all the while, Britain's $268 billion deficit goes unchecked. (Read: "David Cameron: UK's Next Leader...
...Five Finger Exercise” tells the story of the dysfunctional Harrington family, thrown off balance when Walter, a young German tutor, comes to live with them. After the family members attempt to manipulate the young boy for their own gain, the household begins to deteriorate and the characters realize that they do not understand each other or themselves...
Holdups in the Senate have made it unlikely that any significant banking legislation will pass, but that is a moot point, Obama’s plan to curb risky investing by commercial banks is nothing more than a cynical attempt to gain populist support at a time when his domestic agenda is flagging. But if the failure of the banking bill presents Obama with an opportunity to initiate a new phase of his presidency, he needs to abandon more than just his financial policy: the entire populist strategy that it represented has to go as well...
...have attempted something on an immense scale. Their ambition sometimes gets the better of them. The incorporation of operatic influences into electronic experimentation often forms overstuffed tracks with too great an intensity. While the beats embrace a dancehall headiness, there are moments when the variety of elements do not quite merge into a coherent contiguity of meaning and sound. Their attempt is interesting and provocative and it is an ambitious step which deserves merit for its imagination. It almost works, but “Hidden” narrowly misses its target...
...local allies have certainly made massive security gains in Diyala. The al-Qaeda-inspired insurgent groups that once rampaged through the province have been reduced to a handful of criminal cells that attempt the occasional assassination, according to Sheik Hussam al-Mojjma, head of the local Awakening Council - the Sunni citizens brigade largely responsible for defeating al-Qaeda. "When we started fighting al-Qaeda [in 2007] it was just us and the Americans," he says. "Not the army, not the police." But he isn't happy about the way he and his men were treated by the Shi'ite-dominated...