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There is a good chance, however, that such a coalition will not emerge and that the new parliament will prove just as fractious and querulous as the old one. The communists have consistently held the lead in public-opinion polls, but they are still favored by no more than 20% of the voters. If as many as 10 political groups manage to break the 5% barrier to get into parliament, the communists would have to do some major horse trading with projected winners like Women of Russia and the Agrarian Party to create an anti-Yeltsin alliance...
...passionate heart of the book remains the early Brooklyn years, with its accounts of fractious religious sects, wonder rabbis, drug pushers in yarmulkes selling "jointelehs," and the Jewish Press warning of a holocaust of assimilation while it supports a fund drive to circumcise Jews secretly in Russia. Why does Halevi's Borough Park jump with life while his Jerusalem seems strangely sedate? The answer can be found partly in a pithy line he wrote about his father's generation: "Where you came from is more important than where...
Sensing their chance, Democrats are showing an unaccustomed unity. Whether it's Medicare, Medicaid, student loans or the earned-income tax credit, which lets the working poor keep more of their paychecks, the usually fractious Democrats in Congress are arguing in unison that the G.O.P. doesn't just want to balance the budget. Rather, the Republicans want to rob the middle class to pay for a tax cut that will give most of its benefits to people who already have plenty of money...
...keep women out of combat. The late-night wars, it seems, are meant to be fought by people in dark suits and cigars, not slip dresses and Virginia Slims. While Leno and Letterman steal the headlines, the ladies play host in the afternoons, minding and mending America's luridly fractious families...
...rule has been struck down in one court, but Malone is abiding by it anyway). In a move some analysts consider the most dramatic part of the deal, he gave control of his shares to Levin. Malone says this will help Levin enforce his will over the fractious Time Warner family. "It was a little like old England, when the king was a titular head and the barons could topple him whenever they wanted," Malone says. "By strengthening the king, you get a more orderly arrangement. Jerry has our votes. I think you'll be amazed at how much better...