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...diversity. Projecting such an image is crucial after weeks of strident exchanges between the parties, culminating in Vice President Cheney's outburst at Democratic Senator Pat Leahy last week. Cheney will get a prime-time spot too, of course, but insiders say he's unlikely to join in the gentler approach. "Cheney soften?" says a Bush official. "Don't bet on it." --By John F. Dickerson
...defeat may mark the end of an era. The Hindu-nationalist party had emerged as a major player on the Indian political stage in the early '90s by stoking the sectarian passions that led to successive waves of Hindu-Muslim violence. Vajpayee, however, always represented the gentler, more mainstream and statesmanlike face of a movement rooted in ethnic demagoguery in contrast to the relentlessly secular politics of Congress. As prime minister, he proved to be a sober, popular and widely respected statesman who navigated India through some of its most difficult crises. Indeed, he managed to avoid a potentially catastrophic...
...once retro and yet utterly accessible. The fun the band is having comes through loud and clear on the album, making for happy sing-alongs and dreamy introspection alike. There are some standard piano-driven numbers like the opener “Hologram” and the gentler “Lonely Town.” The latter is sung with a delicate longing by vocalist Randy Wooten. But Wooten and his band prove they are just as capable of playing a good rollicking rock song with “Baby Tells Me (It’s Alright...
Growing up, many students now at Harvard heard the mellifluous sounds of Edwards’ voice as they drove to school each day, a calming contrast to parental nagging that both informed and entertained. Edwards presented this generation with the sharp reality of the world in a kinder, gentler manner than the daily newspaper and without the flash and dumbing-down of the night-time news. Whether parents weaned them on NPR at a young age or they discovered it as questioning youngsters in search of good reporting and interesting stories, generation Y’s news-followers came...
However, in a departure from his reputation as a hawkish Cold War hardliner, Brzezinski advocated a vision of a softer, gentler United States that “infuses globalization with humane content.” In Brzezinski’s vision, the United States should abandon its trend toward single-handed action, exemplified by the Iraq conflict...