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...South Korea are still technically at war, and in the autumn of 2006 Pyongyang's insular regime defied the world by testing a nuclear bomb. But since February 2007, when North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il struck a deal with the U.S., Japan, Russia, China and South Korea to begin dismantling his nuclear program in exchange for aid and normalized relations with Washington, there has been a burst of cooperation between the two Koreas. In mid-December, a direct rail link opened between Seoul and the Kaesong Industrial Complex across the DMZ in the North, and work continues...
...incarnations as Romney the Reaganite, Romney the social conservative, and Romney the hunter of varmints, large and small. These shifts have given voters enough pause to allow John McCain, whose message of maverick muscle and gritty experience hasn't changed since he watched fishes crawl from the sea and begin to walk on land, to gain a precarious lead in the Granite State...
...days for voting for the guy you want to have a beer with are over. America needs a leader who is going to tell the hard truths and make the difficult decisions and sacrifices to begin to really solve the major issues we face. How do we get out of Iraq? How do we mitigate the effects of global warming? How do we repair our image in the world? How do we make sure Americans can afford healthcare? How do we prepare our school system and economy for the flat world, especially as China rises in power...
...Strauss seemed to show little interest in practicing law. After a honeymoon in Africa while his classmates took the bar exam, Strauss moved to Washington with his new wife to begin work as a policy aide before becoming a staffer for former Illinois senator Charles H. Percy...
...turned out well for Harvard last year—and what it should be concerned about this year—is that the change wasn’t just for a night in 2007. Last year, the Crimson used a come-from-behind victory over the Big Green to begin a run to 13 league victories and the Ivy championship, with a loss at Yale as its only speed bump. On its title run, Harvard used a deadly combination of youth and experience—a trio of stellar sophomores with junior Lindsay Hallion running the point and senior Christiana...