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...right and running a singularly uncompassionate campaign against his opponent, John McCain. Which explains why Bush has spent the month since McCain withdrew trying to resuscitate his "compassionate conservative" message by issuing a series of conspicuously centrist--some might even say liberal--policy proposals. And also why his aides insist, on what seems to be an hourly basis, that whatever Bush is announcing that day proves yet again that "he's a different kind of Republican...
...ensure that the institutions are more responsive to the concerns of the poor would be to give developing nations an increased policymaking role within them. However, major contributors such as the U.S. are likely to continue to insist that representation within the organizations be largely proportional to the size of a nation's financial commitment. If the developed world is not going to give others an equal voice at the table, it at least ought to heed the IMF and World Bank when they offer anti-poverty proposals that would be simple to implement. We have already noted the Clinton...
...quote's significance lies not in a name that makes most readers recoil, but rather in the possibility for people to do good. Though different denominations espouse varying views on salvation, many insist on the possibility of forgiveness for crimes--no matter the severity...
...Manichaean mind-set of so many Cuban exiles," says Max Castro, an exile himself who teaches at the University of Miami. "To them, anything that's in Cuba is hell, anything here is paradise. If Juan Miguel wants to live in Cuba with his son, then they insist he's a diabolical father...
Microsoft's fiercest detractors insist that only one remedy will address all Microsoft's misdeeds and ensure that it sin no more: breaking up the company, much as AT&T was split into the Baby Bells in 1984. In one scenario, Microsoft would be divided along functional lines: one company that makes applications software, one built around the Internet and other new media, and one that just does Windows. A functional breakup would prevent Microsoft from using Windows for leverage in the applications and new-media markets, but it would leave the Windows monopoly intact...