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...Michael Howard, the former Conservative leader and Home Secretary from 1993 until Blair's 1997 election victory, says that quiet efficiency is really all that's required of Smith in the aftermath of the attacks. "You try not to get in the way, you try to make sure everything is coordinated, and you talk to the public in a calm and authoritative way. The difficulty comes in pitching legislation right, in getting the right balance between civil liberties and the proper protection of the public," he says. The Brown government has indicated that it will not rush new antiterror legislation...
...Internet is uniquely suited to the kind of energy that surrounds an insurgent campaign, a giant splash in cyberspace can turn out to be little more than a ripple against the big interest groups and institutions that surround an Establishment favorite. In 2004, Trippi managed former Vermont Governor Howard Dean's campaign when it too was shattering fund-raising records, only to come crashing to the ground in the Iowa caucuses. While the hundreds of thousands of small donors who are jumping aboard campaigns like Obama's and Edwards' are impressive, Trippi says, "it's a small number...
...Following the arrest, Australian Prime Minister John Howard denied there was any need to raise the country's terror threat above its current 'medium' level, but warned Tuesday that "there are people in our midst who would do us harm and evil, if they ever had the opportunity to do so." Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, meanwhile, ruled out any evidence of plots in Australia connected to the U.K. strikes...
...past, the state had relied on its popularity with directors like Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater and Ron Howard, while touting its professional film industry labor force, a growing number of sound stages and its geographic diversity. But in the last four years, 32 film projects - including Ghost Rider starring Nicolas Cage and Billy Bob Thornton's The Astronaut Farmer - that had initially expressed interest ended up choosing other locations. Adding insult to injury - an estimated $327 million in spending and 4,600 jobs - 12 of the films had Texas story lines, according to the state's film commisison...
...army, and they're not running off to the sand hills," she says. "I don't think many women will have any problem with having extra police around." Rather, there's cautious optimism that this time, help might be coming. Pearson has called for skeptics to give the Howard intervention a chance. "I'm just amazed," he said, "that anybody would put the protection of children secondary to anything else...