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When I asked whether, if he became President, he would consider offering either Steve Forbes or McCain a Cabinet post, Bush ruminated about how the desire for power--the power to do good, as well as power for its own sake--is a salve that can heal most political wounds. "I understand how power works," he said. In other words: maybe. He also admitted to "a long memory" for slights. In other words: maybe...
Under the Good Friday agreement, power over Northern Ireland was given to a local cabinet including both unionists and nationalists. The establishment of this government was a major accomplishment, as few expected ever to see Gerry Adams, the leader of IRA-allied Sinn Fein, sitting at the same table with David Trimble, the leader of the Ulster Unionists...
British loyalist paramilitary groups began to decommission over a year ago, and yet the IRA has refused to give even a clear committal to surrendering its caches of weaponry. Faced with the IRA's intransigence, first minister Trimble assured his party that he would resign from the cabinet rather than participate in a government threatened by an armed IRA. The British government wisely resumed direct rule in order to prevent Trimble's resignation, which would have destroyed the legitimacy of the power-sharing government. An IRA statement issued just hours before the British reclaimed control, in which the IRA proposed...
...percentile of a not-so-good school," says Cohen. And so the battle rages on: The intricacies of the affirmative action issue - which ignites deep-seated passions about race, gender and socioeconomics - ensure that even if Bush's plan passes next week's review by the independently elected state cabinet, this story is far from over...
...only made bread a few times before so he decides on a simple recipe: old order Amish bread. But amidst the mixing of the beginning ingredients, he gets overly-excited and runs to the Wall of Spices. And then to the cabinet of oil. "Taste, taste!" he sings as the old order Amish start getting fatty and spicy. He scoops the basic ingredients from industrial-sized garbage bins of flour and sugar. A bowl of yeast and water sits still underneath him. "Bubble, bubble..." he croons. "If it doesn't bubble, that means I killed it," he explains. When...