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...transformation. In his early years as Lieutenant Governor and then in the top job, he offered little more than anti-Clinton resentment and capering populism; in 1996 he warned of "environmental wackos who ... want to tell us what kind of deodorant we can use." Huckabee is now a mature, consensus-building conservative who earns praise from fellow Evangelicals and, occasionally, liberal Democrats...
...would try to be such a radical reformer or turn out to be such a polarizing figure. Having spent most of his career as an education administrator and corporate executive in banking and energy, he was widely viewed as the handpicked candidate of the state's casinos, a proven consensus builder and skilled manager who could smoothly shepherd Nevada's pro-business agenda...
...stem-cell research funding initiative and a major bond issue that tempered rising budget deficits, while working well with a Democratic-controlled legislature to secure passage of a popular gun-control law and environmental measures. But perhaps because success came so easy, he stopped playing the role of consensus builder. After all, many of the ballot initiatives he pushed--as well as his failed effort earlier this year to bring the costly public pension system under control--made sense. California's redistricting virtually ensures that incumbents never lose, the state continues to spend beyond its means, and its schools need...
...satisfaction at the fact that governments appear to have heeded dire warnings of the consequences of failing to prepare: Over the past month alone, the number of governments that have put in place pandemic response plans has risen from 20 percent to 60 percent. "We've reached a greater consensus and clarity on what has to be done to control the spread of the H5N1 virus," Dr. David Nabarro, United Nations Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza told TIME. "If we continue to make inroads, we'll end up with a smaller and less virulent pandemic that we expected...
...Lauren Herrington, Harvard coach Katey Stone expects to turn that deficit into an advantage. “To have two big defensemen like that hopefully is a strong presence in the defensive end,” Stone said. These newcomers, plus hard work and aggression, seem to be the consensus on how the defense will push forward in the coming season. In a 4-3 victory over Dartmouth in an Oct. 18 scrimmage, the team found that these traits gave the defense an edge. “I think physically we were in better shape than they were...