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...have the most to fear from the guys across the aisle in Congress. He and Democratic leader Dick Gephardt are barely on speaking terms, and have locked horns over everything from scheduling votes on bills to the appointment of the House chaplain. Democrats complain that behind Hastert's aw-shucks mien is a take-no-prisoners pol. When they belittle him as DeLay's puppet, Hastert just smiles. "Nobody's running the show but me." While it's true that DeLay was instrumental in seeing Hastert, then his deputy whip, get the top job, the Speaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's (New) Go-To Guy | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...calls. Instead, they're poised to start chipping away at Koizumi's program. Already, the bureaucrats, many of them allied with the conservatives, have resisted going along with Koizumi's plan to privatize dozens of state-controlled corporations. The Establishment has pushed for another stimulus package this year. They complain that curbing government spending could push a deflationary economy over the edge. When Koizumi's ratings start to fall, which they surely will, they will turn up the heat and wait for his fragile power base of mass appeal and political outsiders to crumble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Destroyer | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...donning Nazi armbands and swastika t-shirts. In reality, Cobain re-invented and exaggerated many of his childhood memories, often crafting potential answers to interview questions in his journals. His music and lyrics were intensely personal and autiobiographical, always facing multiple revisions. And, in fact, Cobain was known to complain frequently when he felt that Nirvana was receiving inadequate exposure...

Author: By Thalia S. Field, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Serving the Servants: A review of Charles R. Cross's _Heavier Than Heaven_ | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

...that we all are trying to maintain a normal routine is not disrespectful to the dead and the wounded. I hope you will to remember these things with everyone you encounter—the woman who swipes your card in the lunchline, the TF to whom you want to complain about a bad grade, the person who has taken too long to answer some e-mail request you have made. You don’t know what they are thinking and what they are experiencing. I hope we can all make an effort just to be a bit kinder than...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Things to Think About | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

...seeking retaliation were forced to withdraw their announcement that the U.S. would sever ties with the Chinese military. In the past month, Powell's advocacy has brought a gun-shy Administration to consider re-engaging in the Middle East, the toughest issue out there. He has been heard to complain to friends: "Do you know how much worse it would be without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

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