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...Putin since he took over as Russian President in 2000. Both Putin, who is now Prime Minister, and current President Dmitry Medvedev, called the new Patriarch soon after the votes were tallied on Tuesday. It is widely believed that no Patriarch can emerge from the tightly controlled process of candidates??? selection and voting, unless vetted by the Kremlin...
...least in part, years of too much borrowing and spending by Americans, both as individuals and collectively through the government. But behold: there is?oh, joy!?bipartisan agreement on a solution. Although quibbling over the details, everyone?Republicans and Democrats, the White House and Congress, all the presidential candidates???agrees that what we need is a "fiscal stimulus...
Each of these candidates??harbors a Rocky-like hope. But they're also in deep--financially to donors and emotionally to volunteers who have quit jobs or taken a semester off from school--so they need a reason to stop other than pride or exhaustion...
...have come peacefully, without arms," protested one of the candidates. "I don't understand." Suddenly, a red tear-gas canister landed in the street, scattering the group of journalists who had accompanied the candidates. Sniper fire popped like firecrackers a block away. Finally, the three presidential candidates???Mario Sandoval Alarcón, Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre and Gustavo Anzueto Vielman?offered to go alone to present their grievances to the authorities. The candidates never made it to the presidential palace. Instead, they were taken to police headquarters and lectured by Police Chief General German Chupina for almost an hour...
...there so few Geraldine Ferraros? Women have definite assets as candidates???for example, voters generally regard them as more honest than men. But a bevy of obstacles keeps women from competing on an equal footing with men for support from party leaders and, more important, from voters. Says Sarah Weddington, Jimmy Carter's new assistant for women's issues: "It is very discouraging to look at the number of women who will be serving in the next Congress...