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...Williams also forgets to mention another such leader when he points out that James was narrowly reelected in 2002 with Jackson’s strong support. Williams fails to note that the victory was over Cory Booker, a 37-year-old Yale-trained attorney and Rhodes scholar. Booker ran for mayor again this May, beating James’ handpicked successor and taking over 70 percent of the vote...
...entire session was recorded on tape, and Bernstein later sent it along to the Kroks with a note saying, "The enclosed tape is rapidly becoming one of my cherished possessions," and signing it, "Twelve big hugs...
...most recent crisis of note occurs in Hungary. Its capital city Budapest was plagued by its worst violence since the days of Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and Elvis Presley. The last time Budapest saw rioting of the same scale as it did in mid-September it was directed at the imperialism of the, now thankfully defunct, Soviet Union and was repressed at the cost of several thousand lives. The proximate cause of the most recent rioting, which left over a two hundred people injured and turned large sections of the capital city into a “battleground...
...point here is not to obsessively focus on Hungarian debt and party politics, but to note that, given the standards of the post-communist world, Hungary’s recent history has been rather forgiving. If Hungary is capable of erupting into a full fledged government crisis, with extensive rioting and a nationally prominent Fidesz politician, the mayor of Debrecen Lajos Kosa, warning that “rebellion could break out,” other far more troubled countries, such as Serbia, Bosnia, or the quasi-independent statelet of Kosovo, are as well...
...abusing children will be paid for with as many as 20 years in prison. Some posters tout the slogans "Turn a sex tourist into an ex-tourist" and "Abuse a child in this country, go to jail in yours." Child predator message boards on the Web have also taken note, said the IJM investigator who staked out Smith's bar and spoke on condition that his identity remain a secret due to the nature of his undercover work...