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...lightweights' Eastern Sprints title earned the crew an automatic berth at the Henley Royal Regatta in England. Although Harvard was unable to break the 24-year death grip that heavyweight crews have on the event, the Crimson did place in the top eight crews, out of a field of 48. Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association (6:15) eliminated Harvard (6:14) in the quarterfinals...
Still, a number of forces are working to make the prospects for independent candidates the best they have been in modern U.S. history. Most important, over the past 20 years or so, the two parties have been losing the grip they once had on the majority of voters. "People no longer care about parties the way they once did," says University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. "Seventy percent of the electorate is up for grabs." Voter mistrust of both parties is running as high as it was during Watergate-by some surveys, higher. That sense of alienation is coming...
...gathered. Many of her supporters suspect that the generals are merely trying to woo foreign governments, investors and such institutions as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund by making a single concession-the release of the lady -- with no intention of further loosening their hold on Burma. That grip is indeed tight: the government jails and tortures political prisoners, forces peasants to labor on roads and railways without pay, and is supervising the writing of a new constitution for its 45 million people that will enshrine the military's role in running the country...
...constructive engagement" policy in which Japan, the Philippines and other Asian trading partnersquietly pressured the regime on human rights."The story is how one of the world's most isolated countries is bidding to join the dynamic East Asian mainstream by opening up its economy while keeping a tight grip on the political system," Burton says. The next test: whether the junta will let Suu Kyi's overwhelmingly popular National League for Democracy play a true political role. "If so, this rich but backward country could be in for a takeoff that would rival that of Vietnam." Burton says...
...becoming ever more famous. There's Gingrich the Small-Screen Star, who appeared regularly on National Empowerment Television; and Gingrich the after-dinner toastmaster, who can command $50,000 a plate at a fund raiser; as well as Gingrich the erstwhile college professor. If he doesn't get a grip, we may soon have Newt the Fragrance as well as coverage of Congress on a pay-per-view basis...