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...Analysts say that the Prime Minister's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is likely headed for a fall at the Diet Upper House elections July 29 - and that failure at the polls could force Abe to resign. "Just as the LDP is looking for a comeback, its own member stirs things up for the worse," says Ikuo Hata, a Japanese historian at Nihon University. "Abe comes out of this looking like a lightweight as a leader and a Prime Minister...
...birth with the Japanese embassy in Lima, which meant he remained a Japanese citizen, and therefore safe from extradition. Fujimori lived in his parents' homeland under the patronage of conservative Japanese politicians until 2005, when he made a surprise trip back to South America in preparation for a political comeback in Peru - only to be immediately arrested by Chilean police...
...party line. Such ritual ceremonies-called dau to, literally "fighting and criticism"- faded as Hanoi became more adept at stifling dissent and economic reforms loosened controls on everyday life. But with a new generation of activists like Dai agitating for change, dau to seems to be making a comeback. Out of the dozen dissidents arrested over the past four months, at least three have endured public humiliations as well. "They want to frighten us," Dai told TIME in late February. "They use the people and our neighbors to try to shame us." As Dai found out, though, Vietnam's rulers...
Money and poetry rarely have much to do with each other, especially in such a stunningly large quantity. Suddenly the small staff of Poetry was swimming in cash--it's the literary equivalent of the Beverly Hillbillies. Now they're using Lilly's gift to mount a comeback for poetry. But can money really bring a dying art form back to life? And is it just possible that poetry was better off where...
...sweep against nonconference opponent Endicott put the Crimson back on track, and Harvard continued its season with a four-match winning streak, including a 3-2 comeback victory against NYU in which the Crimson overcame an 11-5 deficit in the final game...