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...single week in September. Bush won that state in 2000 by just 537 votes. Now, Americans abroad - and Republican and Democratic campaigners back in the U.S. - realize the impact the expat vote could have. "There's a lot riding on [the overseas vote]," says Robert Worcester, chairman of the MORI polling firm in London. Expats "could have swung Florida." Can they help swing next month's result? Until 1975, not all expat Americans were even allowed to vote. Today, the Federal Voting Assistance Program run by the Pentagon estimates that 6 million Americans live abroad (roughly half of whom...
...shows why there are two British Prime Ministers gearing up for the general election expected next May. One faces a feckless and disunited opposition and consistently tops opinion surveys, even when his policies are being cluster bombed in the newspapers. The other faces a much harder task. Polls by MORI show that 61% are dissatisfied with him, and only 32% trust him to tell the truth. Old allies have abandoned him; rivals leak venomously to bring him down. Both, of course, are Tony Blair, who won huge majorities for Labour in 1997 and 2001. This time he'll have...
...election results owe much to his efforts. After winning the leadership last November, he re-energized party workers, quelled squabbling in the shadow cabinet, and established a reputation for brisk competence that has made him a credible contender for Prime Minister - especially since 61% of voters in a recent MORI survey disapproved of Blair's job performance. Howard's appeal was evident early this month on a campaign stop in Eastbourne, on England's south coast, when he propelled himself out of a minivan to press the flesh. Though once famously skewered by another Tory minister for having "something...
...watch the white eyes writhing in his face, / His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin….My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory / The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori...
Indeed, Minoru would prefer that Mori Building not be seen as a family company, even though his and his older brother Kei's immediate families own 100% of the stock. He dislikes the label because his mission diverges from what he considers the standard priorities of a family-run firm. "What we are doing is not to make money for the family," he says, "but to create something that contributes to the society." --By Jim Frederick. With reporting by Yuki Oda/Tokyo