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...Essentially, people are anti-British right now because of the war [in Iraq],” he said. “If we re-elect Blair after he has gone to war, then we as the electorate have essentially authorized...
...difficulty in bringing the author’s ideals to life is illustrated in his description of the presidency of Peru’s Toledo, whom Vargas Llosa himself helped elect: “marred by corruption” and “the most unpopular in the nation’s history.” (At one point, Toledo’s approval rating was near 4 percent, with a 4 percent margin of error...
...bring consistency and investment, the Progressive Alliance would need a few leading officers, elected by and accountable to the affiliate groups. Those affiliate groups would express their will at monthly meetings of a Progressive Council composed of representatives from each. They would elect a Director to facilitate that meeting and the Alliance in general, a Treasurer to handle Alliance fundraising and spending, a House Development Chair to work on repairing, furnishing and populating the building, a Dialogue Chair to plan trainings, panels, and discussions, and a Collaboration Chair to work with groups to facilitate, well, collaboration. This structure might seem...
Boston's public schools have been a national symbol of racial conflict for more than a decade. But last week black, Hispanic and white members of the city's school committee united to elect Boston's first black school superintendent, Laval Wilson, 49, a no-nonsense administrator who has led the public schools in Rochester since 1980. "I'm thrilled," said School Committee President John Nucci, a resident of the blue-collar East Boston neighborhood, adding, "We're off to an optimistic start...
Democrats got their own back in Virginia, where they won a sweep of the races for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and attorney general. Governor-elect Gerald Baliles, a lackluster former attorney general, is a protg of popular current Democratic Governor Chuck Robb, who was barred by law from another term. Some suggested that Baliles was simply a stand-in for Robb, Lyndon Johnson's son-in-law and a founder of the conservative Democratic Leadership Council...