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Keeping this in mind helps explain why the pageantry of democracy surrounding Bush's address did not assuage the unease felt by many at entrusting the fate of our nation to an executive who prefers short work days and whose background does not seem to include involvement with the issues he is now charged to address. And while his inaugural may not have fully come to terms with the darker side of America, we can only hope his presidency will...
...could be that Ashcroft's fate will turn on how many Democratic Senators want to teach the nominee a lesson about fair play and equal justice. White was by no means the only judge Ashcroft tripped up; Ashcroft was notorious for blocking all kinds of appointments, from the openly gay ambassadorial nominee James Hormel to Susan Oki Mollway, the first Asian-American woman to serve on the federal bench in Hawaii. In Hormel's case, Ashcroft's objections had nothing to do with his qualifications and everything to do with his lifestyle. Ashcroft would refuse even to meet with judicial...
...about as likely as snowstorms in the Congo's lush rain forests. But whatever equilibrium currently exists in the Congo is a function of the balance of force between the armies of Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia and their local protégés, and the country's fate, as ever, will likely be settled beyond its borders...
...know if it is fate or coincidence or what," says Ian T. McClure '01, who is taking the class...
...even as they're being waged, and that can often distort their meaning in the popular imagination. Ask American high school kids today about the reasons for World War II, and they'll probably tell you it had something to do with Hitler and the Jews. (In fact, the fate of the Jews under the Third Reich had no bearing whatsoever on the strategic decision-making of both Hitler and his Allied foes throughout...