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...have been the most novel outcome imaginable, but France voted emphatically - and massively - for a classic right-left showdown in the battle for the nation's presidency. A whopping 85% voter turnout on Sunday fueled conservative standard-bearer and hands-on favorite Nicolas Sarkozy into the May 6 runoff against his principal rival, Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal. But while both finalists spent much of their late campaigning playing to their respective hard-right and hard-left flanks, their efforts to win the presidency now depends upon their success in wooing a new force in French politics: France's suddenly...
Even so, every proud parent’s insistence that his or her offspring couldn’t possibly be ordinary represents a bizarrely intransigent response to reality. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but just about half of the children in this country are below average. The world is a rough place. Some of us are weak, and some of us are strong; some of us are smart, and some of us are dumb; some of us really are destined to make a profound impact on the world, and some of us just aren?...
...Dean went from pragmatic, centrist governor to liberal hero in 2003 by taking a strong anti-war stand and often criticizing Democrats in Washington for not standing up to President Bush, Edwards has transformed himself from an adherent of Bill Clinton's moderate style to the progressive standard bearer, pushing his opponents in the 2008 presidential campaign to the left...
...mother of the waters--with ritualistic offerings stowed in small wooden boats and launched in the surf. Tradition holds that if the goddess is pleased with a boat's offerings (usually perfume, white flowers or trinkets), she will carry the boat out to sea and bestow the bearer with blessings. If not, it's still a great party...
...Correa, 43, is not a military firebrand like Chavez, an indigenous standard-bearer like Bolivia's Evo Morales or a former factory worker like Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In fact, five years ago he received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois, and he was briefly Ecuador's finance minister until he was removed last year for publicly excoriating the World Bank. Soon after, Correa launched his leftist Alianza Pais (Country Alliance) Party and positioned himself as the political outsider for the 2006 presidential race. It was a smart move in an impoverished nation whose...