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...what is, after all, an unapologetically authoritarian regime. But China's Me generation could shatter such long-held assumptions. As the chief beneficiaries of China's economic success, young professionals have more and more tied up in preserving the status quo. The last thing they want is a populist politician winning over the country's hundreds of millions of have-nots on a rural-reform, stick-it-to-the-cities agenda...
...Politicians, especially those who have run or are running for president, support New Hampshire’s primary. This is an obvious point, but it further demonstrates the savvy of New Hampshire voters. New Hampshirites wield the product of their first in the nation status, which is exposure, to retain more of that same product in the future. No politician who hopes to win the New Hampshire primary can say to those same voters that the primary should be moved back in the name of giving a more representative (or simply different) state a chance. This is a tough position...
...with the English "F" word. Italy's top court ruled on Tuesday that "though representative of obscene concepts [and] of a sexual nature," that world-renowned 10-letter word is merely a "vulgar manifestation of irritation." The ruling overturned a verbal abuse conviction of a 60-year-old local politician in the central town of Aquila who had directed the expression at a political rival during a 1999 city council meeting...
...Carter was also the first politician not just to speak of a generic, "God Bless America" sort of civil religion but also to talk openly about his own faith. When he used the phrase "born again" to describe himself, Carter connected with millions of Evangelicals who had previously stayed away from politics. In the summer of 1976, an overzealous pastor introduced Carter to the Southern Baptist Convention as the only candidate in the race whose "initials are the same as our Lord's!" And he earned the endorsement of Pat Robertson. On Election Day, Carter took home more than half...
...would go to describe her feeling which he said was "awesome in both its physical and intellectual dimensions." She found a natural force, understood that and guided it to the top. Otherwise she might have been a forgotten housewife in clunky shoes and he just another eccentric and embarrassing politician in mohair suits who marched into oblivion...