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Four years ago, Bush campaigned with a populist message—just as selectively applied then as it is now—to govern in a way that respected the rights of the people to make their own choices. He smirked and did that eyebrow thing and said famously (not to mention falsely), “My opponent trusts the government; I trust the people...
...been an enraging surprise for liberals who thought that, apart from all his moderate mood music four years ago, Bush would have no choice after a virtual tie election and with an evenly divided Congress but to govern from the center. In every campaign promise he has kept, they find one he has broken. "I don't think that we have had a President in recent memory who did such an about-face after getting elected," Senator Hillary Clinton tells TIME. All that compassionate-conservative talk, many Democrats decided, was just for show. He promised to restore trust...
...must be done. After winning his seat in the National Assembly through a by-election held last week, Aziz, who is currently Finance Minister, is now poised to become Pakistan's Prime Minister. If Musharraf is prepared to step into the background and allow Aziz to govern the country, and if Aziz views his premiership as a time to resuscitate the conditions for democracy in Pakistan just as he previously helped resuscitate the country's economy?both big ifs?then there may indeed be cause for optimism...
...Bush's political style may appeal to those who are not comfortable with ambiguity, but it produces bitter partisanship instead of solutions to problems. Compromise and accommodation make democracy work, but Bush does not seem to know how to govern in a democracy. Don Wittenberger Seattle...
...German? Traditionalists will tell you Mayonnaise, but on Aug. 1, 2005, the authorized spelling is set to become Majonäse. On the same day, Frischgebacken (freshly baked) will turn into frisch gebacken, as countless delightful German compound words are broken up by official decree. Other new rules will govern where a comma belongs in a sentence, and use of the good old-fashioned ?, which will only follow long vowels and diphthongs, while ss will follow short vowels; so it's ich wei? (I know) but ich wusste (I knew). Alles klar? Not really. When Time asked Steffen Reiche...