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Bush has Oliver to thank for much of that success but rarely praises him in public. And that's how Oliver likes it. He's the financial wizard behind the curtain. It's a role Oliver played for Bush in 2000 and one he is reprising this year, having just moved from the Republican Party to be deputy finance chairman for the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. Being outside the White House, Oliver avoids any taint of seeming to influence policy. And yet he carries the weight of being close to top presidential adviser Karl Rove and of speaking...
Through the 1970s, the great missions fields were Latin America, where conservative Protestantism competed with Catholicism for the hearts of the poor, and (for the more daring) Africa and the Iron Curtain countries. Gradually, however, the focus shifted. A missions strategist named Ralph Winter suggested in 1974 that Christians turn their attention from areas already exposed to Christ to "unreached people groups" who had never heard the Gospel. The plan held special allure for those who read literally another verse in Matthew suggesting that when every nation is reached, the long-awaited end times can commence. In 1989 Argentine-born...
...headrests on the rear seats that fold down if you want to use the interior to haul bulky cargo. The XC90 is premium priced ($40,795 as tested), but it takes Volvo's reputation for safety another step, offering such features as electronic roll-stability control and side-curtain air bags that protect passengers the full length of the vehicle. (The front end was even designed to reduce injuries to a pedestrian struck by the car.) The brakes feel just as crisp and effective as those found on Volvo's sedans. And the turbocharged five-cylinder engine puts...
...Berlin's problems can be traced back to the subsidies - amounting to half the total budget in West Berlin - the city once received for its businesses, schools and culture. As a capitalist island behind the Iron Curtain, it was seen as a special case, deserving of special support. Now all that has changed. After the East German government was swept away in 1990, the subsidies were phased out. It became too expensive for companies to run factories there. "Berlin's citizens were very spoiled in the time of the divided country," says Sarrazin. The massive job losses that followed reunification...
CURRENT AFFAIRS "The Mae Klong is the most beautiful river in Thailand," said Chai, our Burmese guide, as we slid down a gentle series of rapids in our red rubber raft. Transfixed by the multitude of rainbows suspended in a giant curtain of spray tossed up before a fern-dappled cliff, we found it difficult to argue...