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That appears to be a lot of people. The PIS looks poised for victory in Oct. 21 parliamentary elections, even though the last government it led collapsed just two months ago. The latest polls put the party a few points ahead of the opposition Civic Platform (PO), suggesting that it will again be charged with forming a governing coalition, with Jaroslaw Kaczynski in a prominent position; his brother's term as President does not expire until 2010. That may be a sobering prospect for Poland's E.U. partners, but the Kaczynskis don't answer to them at the polls. Speaking...
...party at the polls. Geremek became a hero for many at home and abroad for refusing to sign any such declaration, arguing that the government was trying to intimidate its enemies. "We are seeing the first real flowering of populism in the post-communist East," he told TIME. The Civic Platform is expected to pick up votes among the so-called élites that the Kaczynskis attack, but the PIS still appeals to a broader range of voters across society...
...such civic-wide obsession began to wane as television crept in during the 1980s and Indians were exposed to the wider, far superior world of sports. "The knowledge seeped in that we weren't very good," says Bhimani. The militant sense of east-west ethnic pride faded with the partition generation and today support for the two clubs has to do less with regional identity and more with plain club loyalty. Imported Brazilian and Nigerian players now star for both sides and routinely swap teams. The bulk of the upper and middle classes who once passionately cared about Kolkata football...
...civic illiteracy of Harvard students is an embarrassment to us all. The Jack Miller Center for the Teaching of America’s Founding Principles has spoken, and we would be fools not to listen. Harvard’s first duty is to its country, and its mission is clear; if we’re not educating American citizens, then we’ve lost our raison d’être. (That’s French.) The threat to Harvard’s integrity posted by the influx of internationals must be crushed immediately...
...single-faith communities. He said yesterday that he plans to film a documentary in the near future, and he expressed a great optimism for the vibrancy and watchdog role of the media of the United States. “Journalism that serves people’s personal and civic interests has got a long and happy future, and all this despair in the news industry is largely unnecessary if people keep their eyes on that particular ball,” said Miller. “Exposé” Executive Producer Thomas M. Casciato said he was so intrigued...