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...ways that are almost uncanny, Lake's worldview and idealistic bent and Holbrooke's tactical skills and political drive reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their candidates. In Obama's case, the combination of lofty vision and inexperience looks a lot like Bill Clinton circa 1993, when he entered the White House not long after the fall of the Soviet Union and with Lake as his top foreign policy adviser. Hillary Clinton's political emphasis is reminiscent of her husband's poll-driven final years, when Holbrooke, Albright and Berger ran diplomacy. "The real foreign policy choice," says a former...
...oldest of five brothers, Ricardo Sánchez is used to taking a leadership role. But today the 24-year-old student has more responsibility than ever: he heads a nationwide coalition of students bent on safeguarding their country's democracy. An international-studies major at Central University of Venezuela, Sánchez is a star in a nascent movement, one that is making itself felt in a political system critics say has vested inordinate power in one man: President Hugo Ch?...
...People magazine article about Britney’s Super Bowl commercial was quick to point out that “the commercial was created before Sept. 11, yet conveys a subdued mood that seems appropriate for the temper of the times. Several other commercials, especially those with a satiric bent, were scrapped in the wake of the attack on America... the Spears spot has already clicked with test audiences and ties in with the current wave of nostalgia...
...Klaus left for Iraq fresh from a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford and “Elvis Is Titanic” reflects his intellectual bent. The early chapters of the books are couched in the historic intellectual debate over Western involvement in the Middle East, as he cites everyone from T.S. Eliot to Noam Chomsky to the “9/11 Commission Report...
...sound reasonable, but the Clinton campaign isn't giving up without a fight. In recent weeks it has bent over backward to court the undecided freshmen, inviting many of them to a reception last week at Clinton's Washington home and assuring them that "she will be seen clearly as the most electable Democrat going forward," as Clinton senior strategist Mark Penn told reporters on a conference call over the weekend. "She will play strongly in November with key voting groups: Latinos, women, security moms that in 2004 made the difference." Likewise the up-for-grabs freshmen get near weekly...