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Barack Obama's March 18 speech in Philadelphia was billed as being about "race, politics and unifying our country." But it was also about religion, as Obama was forced to address calls for him to further distance himself from Jeremiah Wright, the incendiary former pastor of his home church. Still, the Illinois Senator demurred. "As imperfect as he may be," Obama said, "he has been like family to me." Obama's attempt to address the racial issues Wright raised could backfire if opponents hammer away on Obama's refusal to condemn him. If John Kerry suffered for appearing disconnected from...
...CREDIT CRISIS Gold has risen 41% since last August; it hit a peak of $1,033 on March...
...thing. The Sunday before the tournament begins, all the contenders are ranked from 1 (the awesomest of the awesome) to 16 (the meekest of the meek) in each of four regional groups. Then 16 plays 1 and 15 battles 2 and so forth in a three-week single-elimination march to the championship. No sporting event is as elegantly constructed or as essentially American. There are the massing of schools rich and poor, public and private; the opportunity for all to face off neutrally; and the assignment of an indisputable qualitative value. That last element, the seedings, may seem like...
...minutes apart, allowing CBS to show every buzzer beater or near miss. (It's the least the network could expect for the $6 billion it has ponied up to broadcast the event for just over a decade.) But for secular audiences, those first few days are also when March Madness is at its maddest, when little schools get their one shot at Goliath. Most will miss, but a few will stun the odds and themselves and in their ragged glory remind us of just how satisfying it can be to hold a slingshot...
...first time since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, its 84-year-old President, Robert Mugabe, faces real competition in the country's March 29 elections. Largely owing to dissatisfaction over food and fuel shortages, 80% unemployment and 100,500% inflation, the three opposition candidates--including a former member of his own party--are gaining momentum...