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...Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the heir to the former East German Communist Party. "All this discrimination harms the dignity of the people," he says - and his message resonates among voters in eastern Germany. With two state elections in the east this Sunday, the PDS is expected to perform better than at any time since German reunification in 1990. That could position the PDS as a left alternative to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's struggling Social Democrats, with potentially disastrous consequences for the ruling party in the 2006 general election. When Bisky took over the PDS last year...
Most of Iraq was not actually in flames in April, but it looked that way on TV, and Bush had to perform the cleansing ritual he likes least: a prime-time press conference, in the East Room. Asked by a TIME correspondent what he considered his biggest mistake and what he had learned from it, the President chased the wet bar of soap around the tub for a while and then conceded he had no answer. At a time when only 48% of Americans support his handling of the war, he has a fine line to walk: to make...
BERNSTEIN: Yes. We looked at 1943 to the present and tested different periods. The results were consistent. Under Democrats, the optimal asset allocation is two-thirds stocks, one-third bonds. Under Republicans, it is 64% bonds, 36% equities. Consumer stocks perform better under Republicans, and industrials tend to perform better under Democrats. The one that really shocked us: energy tends to perform better under Democrats...
...check patients whose colorectal polyps have already been removed. Most patients with benign polyps or other low-risk growths in the intestine need monitoring only once every three to five years or not at all. But a survey in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that many doctors perform follow-up colonoscopies more frequently, which puts patients at further risk for tears in the colon and other complications...
AXIS OF EVE Demanding an end to "political cover-up," about 100 women draped in American flags and wearing anti-Republican "protest panties" will perform a "mass flash" on Sept...