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...lesson of the results at the Iowa caucus is that Democrats are hungry for a new kind of politics. They are looking for a political leader who faces forward, not backward, and who embodies change in a real sense...
...These kinds of ideas are so backward they could only be from America,” cracked an international student in one of my classes. For a comment that would have been taboo if he had narrowed it to one of America’s ethnic groups, it was surprisingly well-received. The Americans at the table laughed and nodded their heads sadly, while the only objections came from foreigners. Strange though this reaction might seem, it’s cause to celebrate: America’s self-doubt is a strength, not a weakness...
...with her husband the ex-President by her side, and an array of former Clinton Administration officials around her, Clinton was the center of a backward-looking tableau - a bridge to the 20th century, as it were. That only underscored the challenge of presenting herself as a candidate of change, which, if the admittedly impressionistic Iowa exit poll results are to be believed, is the transcendent dynamic driving Democratic voters. So it would appear Clinton has little choice but to try to create a new dynamic. Behind the scenes, her strategists have already begun to figure out how much heat...
...Bhutto Zardari's college, students report that the new head of Pakistan's main opposition party behaves as a normal student, although, like Prince William, he often goes by an alias to disguise his lineage: Bilawal Lawalib, the last name a backward spelling of the first. Such ruses will fool no one now that his face has been splashed across the front pages of world newspapers. But as a celebrity, he has an extra protective tool. Although no student at St. Andrews ever summoned the courage to make the "royal run" at William for fear his guards were armed...
...Oxford, Bilawal is known as "Bilawal Lawalib," the last name a backward spelling of the first. Although he seems to have made efforts to disguise his identity, it was well known at Christ Church that he was the son of Benazir, and he often made reference to his mother in his profile on Facebook...