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...deteriorated so far that those who have prospects abroad leave," says Rinus Penninx, an immigration expert at the University of Amsterdam. "And that's not the group you want to lose." Such complications have been part of the reason Britain's political parties have not been playing the immigration card too obviously, even while the country appears to be inflamed over the subject. Last week Home Secretary Charles Clarke offered his resignation, which Prime Minister Tony Blair refused, when it was revealed that Clarke's department had released 1,023 foreigners back into the community after serving prison terms - including...
...Republican culture of corruption" as exemplified by the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and the fall of former House Majority Leader Tom Delay. ?[Ethics] had been an important strategic element of the campaign,? says Winston, and with Mollohan?s troubles, ?It just got incredibly difficult for them to play that card...
...corps to ask on Tony Snow's first day." A column by Snow last September, at the height of the Hurricane Katrina fallout, said: "Begin with the wimp factor. No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives.... His presidential report card already shows an ?A' on foreign policy, but with the exceptions of tax policy and judicial selections, he remains a domestic-policy cipher. It's now up to him to decide whether he will complete his term by earning an A, an F or an incomplete...
Remember travel agencies? Like handwritten letters and card catalogs, they seem almost quaint now that Web users are planning almost all their travel online. Last year 4 out of 5 Americans who arranged trips on the Web also bought their tickets online, up from 70% in 2004. Now a new generation of travel sites is making trip planning cheaper, more efficient and more fun. Here's a quick tour of the top new tools...
...Fundraising is a big part of Relay, but it’s also about celebrating hope,” Joseph M. Hanzich ’06, wrote in an e-mail. Live bands, a DJ, free massages, “root beer Beirut,” raffles, and card games were some of the other activities taking place as the relay continued from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday. Teams were composed primarily of eight to 15 people and many were organized by sororities, fraternities, blocking groups, and groups of friends. “It’s nice...