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...original plan to permit quick drivers in question a ten-second ‘head-start’ will not be tolerated—and I’m sure it won’t be—then mightn’t we at least trust motorists to cope with highly accurate and high-visibility cameras, placed nearly everywhere? We would save taxpayer dollars, reduce payouts to detail police workers and no longer have to rely on ceaseless human error. This plan worked for Great Britain and it could work for us, once we got over the incredible initial...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Against Speed Traps | 9/14/2008 | See Source »

While Obama's campaign seemed bewitched and bewildered about how to cope with Palin's appeal and McCain's resurgence, Republicans barely had time to gloat. Volunteers at gop offices have increased fivefold in several swing states. In the first 12 hours after Palin was selected, $4.4 million in donations poured in, contributing to a $10 million infusion over a holiday weekend that ended with Hurricane Gustav. "We had to bring in a few new servers," says a McCain adviser. (Palin's been good for the Democrats, too: the Obama campaign claimed $10 million in donations within 24 hours after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sarah Show | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...changed Cameron. "It has a big influence on you if you have a disabled child and you spend a lot of time in hospitals with social workers and respite-care workers," he says. "It shakes you a bit when it first happens. You learn to cope with it. It brings you into touch with a lot of people you meet in politics, but you meet them in a different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Cameron: UK's Next Leader? | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...there's an element of selfishness, all the things which are important if you're going to be Prime Minister. Ruthless. He's got all of those." He adds: "David is a natural No. 1. I would pity the person who had taken the Tory leadership and had to cope with David as their deputy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Cameron: UK's Next Leader? | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...equipped to implement preventive measures or deter residents from rebuilding in disaster-prone areas like Dauphin Island, Ala., obliterated by Hurricane Frederic and subsequent storms. SUCCESS FAILURE Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 WIDENING REACH Reagan reinterprets FEMA's role to fit the Cold War, granting it power to cope with a nuclear attack and even, reportedly, implement martial law--prompting clashes over jurisdiction with the Justice Department. Meanwhile, underqualified political appointees fill the agency's bureaucracy; in 1985 FEMA Director Louis Giuffrida steps down amid allegations of fraud. SUCCESS FAILURE George H. W. Bush 1989-1993 UNPREPARED FEMA's lackluster response...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: FEMA | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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