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...year struck down amnesty decrees by Musharraf that protected many senior figures in government - including Zardari himself once out of office - from prosecution on corruption charges. And some saw the Chief Justice's hand in the eleventh-hour stalling of parliamentary debate on the package on Friday by opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, who objected to proposals on the selection of judges. Sharif's opposition, some senior politicians suggest, results from being pressured by Chaudhry, who is allegedly opposed to having his own power in the selection of judges curtailed. "The chief justice threatened [Sharif]. He said he'd open...
...those enjoying widespread support. Britain's opposition Conservative Party has pledged to introduce a levy of its own should it win the May elections - with or without global support. "It just means there's less you can do if there's not international agreement than if there is," Conservative leader David Cameron said Tuesday. On the back of a one-off tax on bank bonuses and a hike in income tax for its highest paid staff, you can almost hear the financial sector cheer...
However, in times like these, idealism must be tempered with political realism. Despite its imperfections, the bill represents the best possible product given the political climate of the time. With Mass. Senator Scott Brown’s game-changing election stripping Democrats of their supermajority in the Senate, party leaders acted wisely in compromising on secondary issues to achieve primary goals. For instance, although ideally the legislation would not include restrictions on federal funding for abortion, striking a deal proved necessary in order to gain the votes of pro-life Democrats, given the political circumstances. Leaders like Pelosi...
Melton, one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2007 and in 2009, has garnered acclaim as a leader in field of stem cell research. This year, he co-taught the introductory course in the newly-created Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology concentration. O’Keefe, his wife, works to improve high-risk students’ access to quality education as part of the Education Collaborative for Greater Boston...
...very patient, and he wants to find out what other people think,” Westervelt said. “He molds what he’s doing to problems people are interested in. Those are the kind of properties you’d like to have in a leader...