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The French got a big laugh out of the U.S. presidential election fiasco. Americans are always giving lessons on democracy to the rest of the world, they chortled, but can't even count ballots. Worst of all, they make a travesty of popular government by giving the leadership of the...
Jospin immediately promised to draw conclusions from the results. His first response was to rein in the practice of allowing officials to "accumulate" several elective offices: last week Jospin obliged cabinet members who had won municipal polls to choose between their ministerial portfolios and their mayor's seats. Other changes...
In an interview, Pfeifer says he is simply using the apartment issue as a legal device to fight the city in a battle over municipal funding for land acquisition.
Pfeifer says he was offered a fair price--$400,000--for his property. But he objects that the city of Little Rock is using funds from the municipal parks department to partially finance the purchase of property for the library. The other landowners whose property was condemned have settled with...
If, that is, Motivé-e-s will go along. Opinion is divided within the movement on whether a deal with the traditional left, which many militants consider compromised and corrupt, would betray Motivé-e-s' ideals. Others note that the group's goal was never to become king...