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...Nagin's resident re-entry plan drew the ire of, among others, President Bush and his Katrina recovery director, Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen, who argued it was premature in light of the city's still ravaged and polluted state. Nagin in turn rebuked Allen for acting like "the federal mayor of New Orleans." ("We've since buried the hatchet," Nagin insists.) But, writes New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Stephanie Grace, the fracas arose chiefly because "Nagin didn't line up the support he needed before opening his mouth, and he didn't take care of the specifics...
Dershowitz drew ire from conservatives last week when, only hours after Rehnquist’s death, he referred to the late chief justice as “a kind of Republican thug who pushed and shoved to keep African-American and Hispanic voters from voting...
...nothing else, the elections will change the face of Afghan politics. In a bold initiative that has earned the ire of many of the nation's men, the constitution of Afghanistan, instituted in January 2004, has mandated that at least a quarter of the elected posts be reserved for women?putting the country ahead of Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. in terms of female representation in government. The names of male and female candidates will appear together on the ballots, but the female candidates with the most votes are guaranteed seats, even if they do worse than their...
...meantime, governments in the region are scrambling to cope with the oil shock?risking popular ire in the process. Malaysia, a net exporter of oil, cut its subsidies on gasoline and diesel fuel by 7% and 23% respectively last week. Indonesia did the same in March, increasing the price of gasoline by 29%. In Thailand, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year resisted pressure to eliminate fuel subsidies during an election year, reversed course this year as the oil bills mounted. On July 12 he announced the end of subsidies, which he hopes will curb demand for oil imports that...
Faculty critics of the Corporation have focused their ire on Houghton, who controls the board, and Robert E. Rubin ’60, Summers’ closest friend among the trustees...