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...Florida may have been a blessing in disguise for proponents of election reform. The state's latest voting glitches, which left the results of the Democratic primary for governor up in the air for days, refocused lawmakers and the public on the system's inherent problems and the dire need for corrections - and an influx of cash...
This is the crux of the different analyses of Europeans and Americans. Most of the former look for a multilateralist approach to these dire challenges, whilst your administration appears set on a unilateral approach with the useful propaganda addition of Tony Blair. I stress Tony Blair as opposed to the United Kingdom, because, currently, he does not have either his party or his people on board. Europeans have not been encouraged by the present American administration’s retreat from the Kyoto agreement, from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and from open trade. Indeed, the United States is seen...
...progress towards his goal of walking by his 50th birthday, and lists President Bush's policy on stem cell research among his major impediments. Reeve is enraged at what he characterizes as the President's capitulation to the Church on an issue of critical importance to people facing dire medical conditions...
...Dire predictions, apocalyptic talk and doom-and-gloom scenarios are not enough to inspire people to change either their politics or their day-to-day behavior. But neither can we afford to downplay the problems we face nor think that sustainable development will happen of its own accord. At the dawn of this new century, we must make a choice. We have the human and material resources needed to achieve sustainable development, not as an abstract concept but as a concrete reality. At Johannesburg the world's peoples must come together: to demonstrate our strong sense of common destiny...
...shores may also be calculated as a warning to the Bush administration that the Saudi elite won't be the only losers if the longstanding alliance is ruptured. As the Bush administration's internal debate over going to war with Iraq intensifies, we can expect to see plenty more dire warnings from both sides over the consequences of maintaining, or of severing, the traditional U.S.-Saudi alliance...