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...Brown's Big Ideas Thank you for your considered piece on Prime Minister Gordon Brown [April 28]. Your approach was a welcome change from the concerted personal attacks on him in the British press. I have never voted Labour in a national election, but I think I might do so next time around, and that's down to Brown and his commitment to do the right thing rather than what seems to be the most popular thing. Alison Twaddle, East Lothian, Scotland...
...Catherine Mayer's reference to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations could usefully include Smith's cynical view of politicians: "that insidious and crafty animal vulgarly called a statesman or politician." Gordon Brown's many soubriquets - Iron Chancellor, Clunking Fist, Prudence Brown, Ditherer and Mr. Bean - suggest why an authoritarian Chancellor makes a poor Prime Minister. Brown's obsession with minutiae is best demonstrated by his Byzantine tax-credit system, which requires taxpayers to complete vexing forms to reclaim the tax that was due to them in the first place. What is frustrating is that he constantly reminds British...
...scientists were quite adamant about wanting to have a rooftop bar,” Gordon said, speaking above the merriment. “So in all of our environmental plans, you’ll see a ‘function room,’ but if you know the code that’s actually...
...goal is to have significant places where people want to be, both inside and outdoors,” Gordon said, before addressing a question from religion professor Diana L. Eck, who asked about possibly setting aside space for an Islamic prayer center...
Despite the personal flavor of professors’ concerns, Gordon tried to emphasize the project’s larger impact...