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...Nevertheless, key players in the Administration felt that Gonzales's continued presence in the cabinet was a drag on the department and the White House during a key period of vulnerability for the President, eating up what little political capital the President has to spend on the Hill. For his part, Gonzales was growing increasingly frustrated that issues he cared about, such as stopping gang violence and combating child pornography, have been overshadowed by the controversy surrounding him. "This is not the first time the Attorney General has thought about leaving," says the senior Administration official...
...Happy Anniversary, India Congratulations on the special report about India's 60 years of independence [Aug. 13]. William Dalrymple's "Business as Usual" was a brilliant piece of writing. India's democracy is robust, and in the past 15 years, its economy has grown fast. Nevertheless, India could (and must) have much more human equality. The country is home to the largest number of poor and malnourished. And yet, as mentioned in your June 18, 2007, issue, the estimated cost of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's planned 27-floor mansion in Mumbai is $1 billion, more than the combined annual income...
People are nevertheless very, very interested. Those over 20 without children at home may not be aware of Efron, but everyone else is. Girls slept outside on the street of his hotel every night when he was filming Hairspray. He's so gooed over by girls that I Hate Zac Efron clubs have been popping up at high schools (including the school his cousin attends). He has been a teen-mag fixture for the past year and a half, appearing somewhere on the cover of every Tiger Beat and Bop, according to their editor's estimation, during that time. Efron...
...Nevertheless, like troops, robots can be wounded - and even damaged beyond repair. Some end up at Baghdad's Camp Victory, at the Joint Robotics Repair Facility. "A lot of times, they send this guy down and the insurgents are waiting," says one of the guys who fixes them. "They shoot at it because they know it is effective." But robots, thankfully, have no next...
Giuseppe Berta, a professor of economic history at Milan's Bocconi University, does not endorse such views. Nevertheless, he says that the clashes in Milan were a reminder that the growing economic role of an immigrant group almost inevitably brings disruptions. Even so, these disruptions have been relatively minor since Chinese investment in Italy has, so far at least, focused on small, decentralized industries. "The Chinese presence is growing, but it's a penetration from below," says Berta...