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...gumi, Japan's largest criminal syndicate, seemed motivated less by politics than by a petty personal grievance. He blamed a minor car accident on city construction work and wanted $17,000 in damages from the Nagasaki government. The result was absurd: an aging hoodlum gunning down a high-profile politician over pride and a virtual pittance, like some Japanese version of The Sopranos' griping mobster Paulie Walnuts...
...inclined to leave the current system-authoritarian as it may be-alone. There is a place in the world, of course, for inductive reasoning like Hutton's, and for fresh ideas presented by nonspecialists. But in this case I'll have to concur with a certain Hunanese poet and politician who advised that it was best to "seek truth from the facts...
Senator Hillary Clinton, a politician who stands to benefit greatly from both Emily’s List and this latest Supreme Court ruling, wasted no time in updating her website, writing, “As the Supreme Court recognized in Roe v. Wade in 1973, this issue is complex and highly personal; the rights and lives of women must be taken into account.” And of course Senator Clinton makes sure to give herself props, “It is precisely this erosion of our constitutional rights that I warned against when I opposed the nominations of Chief...
...burial, and Yeltsin made a moving and appealing apology to the people. 'Forgive me, your President, for having failed to save your children.' The country wept. Five years later, he offered no apology for thousands dying on the both sides of the war in Chechnya. He was a born politician, with all the qualities that entails...
...financial and political holdings and interests that has grown around him and his close relatives has become known. He passed into a political oblivion in exchange for letting the Family keep and enlarge their vast assets. In this sense, he has been long dead. But he was a great politician, leader - and he made history...