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...pressure points available for those with an ax to grind or a proposal to advance. (Think health-care reform.) By comparison with other democracies, that can make for a messy system of government, in which you can never be quite sure how things will get done, or what players hold strong hands. Moreover, because the U.S. is so powerful, its national system of government is to an extent a world government. The periodic horse-trading between Congress, Administration and lobbyists over the budget, size and shape of the U.S. armed forces, for example, has impacts far from America's shores...
...genetically modified cotton plant would survive and pass on its new trait. Rathore's just-compiled data show that the modified cotton appears to be normal in every way other than the fact that it has instantly edible seeds. "What works in the greenhouse should hold true in the fields," he says...
...likely Senator to help Barack Obama win a major legislative victory, Alabama's Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, would be a fine choice. Once a "boll weevil" Democratic opponent of Bill Clinton, Shelby became a Republican in November 1994, helping the GOP cement its hold on the Senate at a crucial moment. He has had a near perfect record of conservatism on social and foreign-policy issues since then. The tall, drawling former prosecutor questioned Obama's citizenship this past February, and when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner first unveiled the Administration's sweeping plan...
BOSTON Copley Square patrons hold their produce in L.L. Bean's sturdy Boat and Tote...
...frankly, contemporary Americans generally don’t take kindly to hear public statements about responsibility, nor commitment, and we darn sure don’t want to hear them from those who hold a different political perspective. We have a listening problem. As a result, we’re not surprised when national outcries show the neurons of the public mind are set to send, but not receive...