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...scare the many. Of course, in a system where corruption is endemic, it's a fair bet he has a wide range of potential targets on which to showcase his resolve. And if scapegoats are needed, it's certainly to his advantage to choose individuals loyal to his predecessor who may hold positions in which he'd like put his own allies - particularly in preparation for the horse-trading ahead of next year's Party Congress when the leadership is expected to be reshuffled...
...women. This time, he said at a Women for Talent event with North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole last week, "we're doing it all bigger." A total of 217,000 more women than men voted in Missouri in 2004. Women there, as around the country, are typically less party-loyal than men, decide later how they will vote and are more affected by late-campaign negative advertising. Most important, his Democratic opponent, the popular State Auditor Claire McCaskill, is pursing them aggressively. "The issues we're talking about in this campaign resonate particularly with women," like health care...
...beleaguered residents of Baghdad, this has become a familiar Green Zone farce. Beholden to the very militias he has vowed to crush, the increasingly hamstrung prime minister has forced U.S. troops guarding the city to don kid gloves when dealing with the Mahdi Army, the militia loyal to the radical Shi'ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr, which has been blamed for much of the sectarian violence that kills an average of 100 Iraqis a day. And there is palpable frustration among U.S. soldiers patrolling the streets of Baghdad that every time they strike against the Mahdi Army, they are publicly...
...discussing Chávez's praise of Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or Survival at the U.N., TIME stated that "only loyal fans still read" Chomsky's work. That is light-years from the truth. Chomsky's numerous books are featured on university reading lists around the globe. I include his work to encourage students to consider alternative interpretations of how power is used and how it is reported by the media. Even if one disputes Chomsky's analyses, few people dispute the quality of his writing, the coherence of his arguments or the depth of his research. Love...
...remarks. At last, Americans have experienced what other countries feel when Bush spouts off. The big difference? Venezuela hasn't attacked anyone. Lorne G. Sykes Caesarea, Canada In discussing Chavez's praise of Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or Survival at the U.N., Time stated that "only loyal fans still read" Chomsky's work. That is light-years from the truth. Chomsky's numerous books are featured on university reading lists around the globe. I include his work to encourage students to consider alternative interpretations of how power is used and how it is reported by the media. Even...