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...hasn't been the best time to be a Republican - and even worse if you are a black Republican. Take the experience of Ada Fisher. This fall, the Salisbury, N.C., physician ran for a state general-assembly seat representing a mostly white, working-class district. Several black college students who campaigned on her behalf were dissed by peers as "Uncle Toms." Then, in September, as Fisher walked toward the local Republican Party's booth at a county fair, a white man told her to go back to the Democratic Party booth "where she belonged" and to support Barack Obama. Never...
...that night of Jan. 14, Holder demonstrated the kind of apolitical open mind he was known for as a local judge and U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Named to the DOJ's No. 2 job a year earlier, he served as the contact point for the sprawling independent-counsel probes commissioned by his boss, Janet Reno, into everything from an Arkansas land deal to the firing of the White House's travel office. So when Bennett asked for a meeting late the next day, Holder quickly acceded with an invitation to his office...
...Though Waxman represents what is probably the glitziest congressional district in the country - one that includes Hollywood and Beverly Hills - he is anything but glam. He boasts that he has never been to the Academy Awards and has been known in recent years for his investigative work on the decidedly unsexy House Government Reform Committee. Even when Democrats were out of power, Waxman and his talented staff churned out some 2,000 headline-grabbing reports, blasting the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress on everything from faulty prewar intelligence to arsenic in drinking water. When the Democrats regained control...
...Goldman Sachs predicts GDP will grow only 2.2% in 2009. In the meantime, Hong Kong's glum populous can at least take comfort in the efforts of one of the city's more esoteric groups. In mid-November, several members collected in Causeway Bay, a popular shopping and restaurant district, to offer people "free" hugs. More such sessions are planned in coming weeks. "Particularly in the [current] financial situation, people need more care and attention," says Ricky Chow, a Hug Society organizer. Unfortunately, as Hong Kong's economy worsens, they may need much more than that...
...Masne, executive chairman of Shanghai Tang, says that the high-end fashion retailer began to experience modest declines in sales from early October, especially due to fewer high-spending tourists and travelers in the city. On some days in November, Shanghai Tang's boutiques in the ritzy Central district generated half the sales they had one year ago. "Things are deteriorating by the day," le Masne says...