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...compare A Time to Kill with A Painted House? -Julie Njeri, Nairobi, KenyaThere are moments when I seriously try to assess what I am writing and how I am writing. There has been no deliberate effort to change anything. I still aspire to write a high quality of popular fiction. If you read The Appeal and went back and read The Firm, I am not sure you could tell a difference in the writing style...
...talks the lofty rhetoric associated with American-style democracy - of change and courage - and cites Robert Kennedy and Barack Obama. But it is telling that Veltroni did not challenge the older Prodi for the right to lead the charge against Berlusconi in 2006, though he was far more popular. Instead, he waited his turn. Now that his moment is arriving, Veltroni should resist the temptation to cut deals with the leaders of small parties - the Mastellas of the left, right and center. If he goes it alone, it might be his downfall. Or it might not. But either...
...coming back," a dose of undiluted straight talk that probably cemented his loss there to Romney. And no sooner had he arrived in Florida than he declared himself opposed to a costly national catastrophic-insurance bill that is widely backed by Sunshine State voters and supported by Florida's popular Republican governor, Charlie Crist, whose endorsement McCain covets...
When Spain's Socialists ousted the conservative Popular Party four years ago, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero took the surprise election victory as a mandate for fundamental change. He immediately pulled the country's troops out of Iraq, soon legalized gay marriage, and began to take on centuries of entrenched machismo. If his party's gathering this past weekend is any indication, Zapatero's 2008 political platform will be no less dramatic...
...fulfill any of these lofty hopes, however, Zapatero must first be reelected. Recent polls show the Socialists running nearly even with the opposition Popular Party (PP) as they head towards the National Election, which the prime minister has set for March 9. Like most countries, Spain is suffering the effects of the global financial crisis, and the PP has aggressively criticized the government for excessive spending...