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...system of Kings for 237 years. Is it possible to just throw them out?" Bhandari concurs. He says that whatever the King's faults, the older generation still revere him as an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, a symbol of national unity and a linchpin of Nepalese identity. Even the young find it hard to picture Nepal without its monarchy. "The reality is that all the plans for the future are vague," says Bhandari. "Everyone has democracy, freedom and human rights in their hearts. And we know none of that is possible under an autocratic regime. But a life...
...John F. Kerry carried the state's largest locality, Fairfax County, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate to do so since Lyndon B. Johnson beat Barry Goldwater there in 1964. And Kaine made inroads in the exurbs, the growing, family-friendly communities beyond of suburbs that were a linchpin of Karl Rove's strategy for Bush's reelection...
...conventional arsenal--even anti-Kim hard-liners acknowledge that diplomacy remains the most palatable option. Kim repeated his demand last week for bilateral negotiations with Washington, a prospect the Administration rejects out of hand. The U.S. still hopes to confront the North Koreans in a multilateral setting, and the linchpin of that strategy is China. Bush has long believed that Beijing has the most to gain and lose on the Korean peninsula and would quietly pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear ambitions. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Beijing has been North Korea's closest ally, funneling...
Your credit report affects your financial life in ways you may not imagine. It's the linchpin that determines whether you can get a mortgage, car loan or credit card--and how much interest you'll pay. It influences whether you can get utilities, and whether you'll have to pay your provider a deposit. It even affects the rates you pay on homeowner's and auto insurance...
...around the abdomen there is another layer beneath the muscles. This so-called visceral fat produces inflammatory molecules that lead to insulin resistance and diabetes. The same molecules also destroy nitric oxide, which is critical to the ability of the blood vessels to relax. "Central fat is a linchpin in the abnormalities that lead to hypertension," says Dr. James Sowers of the Downstate Medical Center in New York City...