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...conformity with the U.N. charter from our point of view ... it was illegal." KOFI ANNAN, U.N. Secretary-General, commenting on the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in an interview with...
...typical definition of “conservative” is someone who tends rightwards, someone who favors retaining the existing government structures. So it’s surprising that “liberal” Democrats have been reflexively defending existing arrangements: the party has been busy fighting charter schools, battling social security privatization, preaching cooperation with our allies, advocating greater U.N. involvement, and eschewing involvement in Iraq and the Middle East. Perhaps the time has come for a realignment in the terms we use to describe the two parties. Anti-Bush protestors marching in New York won?...
...years of spending cuts to rein in Labor's excesses, Canberra has barely been squeezed. Compared with the hard, lean predators who dominated the Expenditure Review Committee in the Hawke-Keating years (1983-96), the incumbents are pussycats. On Sept. 10, the Commonwealth Treasury and Finance Department, under the charter of Budget honesty, released an up-to-date fiscal and economic outlook to assist the parties in making their election pitches and giving voters a true sense of current economic settings. Tax revenues are healthy, due to employment growth and company profits. The major parties may be tempted to send...
...five years, Kerkorian has ushered in a wave of consolidation, snapping up Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts in 2000 and just last month agreeing to buy Mandalay Resort Group for $7.9 billion, including debt. A World War II pilot who started his Vegas career by building a $100 million charter-flight business, Kerkorian will soon control half of the Strip's 75,000 rooms...
...recognition for their toil. Sometimes Subway is the closest they come to dinner and four hours is the closest they come to a night’s sleep. But they survive with a sense of humor, large amounts of satay, and common goals. And I cannot forget the cheerful charter flight crew who have sacrifice six months of their lives to participate in this marathon. I will be eternally grateful for the lunch they bought me at a deli near our hotel when I had no cash...