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...total of 27 days following the abdication of his father, Vittorio Emanuele. After a public referendum vetoed the monarchy--and rejected the facist regime of Benito Mussolini--the couple fled into exile. Gabriella never returned, but her demise may prove to be the catalyst needed to lift a lifetime ban on the male Savoy heirs...
...Instead, it would be prudent for campaign finance reform advocates to capitalize upon the anger generated by this latest example of the corruptibility of the government. The McCain-Feingold bill, which would ban soft money and restrict political action committee activity, now has 60 Senate votes and will soon hit the floor. Passing this bill will begin the attack against one facet of a political system with enough loopholes to make the "favor for access" exchange legal. We can only hope that President George W. Bush, in the spirit of such reform, will refrain from pardoning for political or monetary...
...stereotype of right-wing Republicans [NATION, Jan. 22], I am embarrassed at George W. Bush's choice for Attorney General. By nominating John Ashcroft, the President, despite his self-congratulation for having a diverse Cabinet, has nullified any good he has achieved. Ashcroft's support for a constitutional ban on abortions even in cases of rape is a joke, in the Republican Party or anywhere else. MATTHEW RAWLINGS HINDMAN Decatur...
...sanctions regime. The U.S. is recognizing that they may not be able to keep the same comprehensive sanctions that have been in place since the Gulf War. So the priority is to change the sanctions regime in such a way that strict arms controls remain in place - a strict ban on weapons sales to Iraq, and other controls that prevent Saddam acquiring components for weapons of mass destruction. But they?re going to discuss eliminating a lot of the collateral controls that are causing a lot of friction between the U.S. and its allies and friends in the region...
Small-scale changes to the College's rules--like administrators' recent decision to ban kegs at future Harvard-Yale football games--do not merit much attention as indicators of a larger ideological crackdown, Lewis argues...