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...Klein hit the nail right on the head in his analysis of what the DEMOCRATIC Party must do to unseat George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election [NATION, May 19]. Democrats should wake up and stand for something instead of always being against things. Until they do, they will probably continue to lose ground to the Republicans. Think what you will about Bush, you can't say he's afraid to state his beliefs and act on them. MARK RIOUX Saco, Maine...
...Klein's story was witty and perceptive. Yet he missed the point. The real lesson of the 2000 election was that Democrats can't win by chasing Republicans further to the right. Both parties are going after the same voters. The key to a Democratic victory in 2004 is to target the half of the electorate that doesn't vote, at least in part because these citizens see no credible alternative in the current 1 1/2-party system. What the Dems need is a genuine fire-breathing, rabble-rousing populist. Anyone can be "strong on defense," but winning back disaffected progressive...
...What Christie's didn't trumpet was the identity of the seller: François Pinault, the self-made French billionaire whose holdings happen to include Christie's itself. The Rothko was in good company. Lot 39 at the same May 14 auction was a "beautiful and mesmerizing" Yves Klein work owned by Pinault that went for $5.3 million. A week earlier, a Degas statue of a 14-year-old dancer from his collection fetched $10.3 million. A week later, Christie's in London raised €1.3 million from an unprecedented clearance sale of vintage wine from his legendary Bordeaux...
...This year was a year of growing for our team,” Klein said after Ivies. “We’ve gone through a lot together. But looking to next year, we’re going to have a very mature squad going into tournaments and a bunch of guys with great potential...
HIGHLIGHTS Junior Andrew Klein wins the spring Yale Invitational and the Bentley College Lou Flumere Invitational. Harvard placed only fifth at the Ivy Championship, but most of its top scorers will return next year...