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...potential national leader - or map out what kind of P.M. he would be.
predecessor John Anderson's national profile and charm, but has proved a steady No. 2 to Howard despite an uncertain performance during the scandal over wheat-export bribes to Saddam's Iraq. Key National issues such as the drought and water will play a large role in this poll...
...British government isn't particularly happy with its national treasure either. In 2003 it fell out with the BBC over its coverage of the Iraq war. The current Prime Minister Gordon Brown seems to share his predecessor's lack of enthusiasm. At a September press conference Brown gestured to a journalist that it was his turn at the microphone. As the journalist identified himself, Brown motioned him to stop. The event had barely begun, and the PM had already answered questions from four BBC correspondents. Now here was a fifth. Brown didn't care that each journalist represented different...
...appreciate the enlightened project that was his Empire’s burden: “The task we have set ourselves is to civilize a great mass of human beings who are in a very primitive moral and social state.” About a decade earlier, his predecessor Philip Mitchell had outlined this duty in starker terms still: “The African has the choice of remaining a savage or of adopting our civilization, culture, religion and language.” (Incidentally, both were eventually knighted.) Blinded by an unshakable conviction in their own tradition?...
...album, “American Gangster.” After listening to the album, few will question further, and many will certainly be provoked. “American Gangster,” Jay’s second album since retirement, rises head and shoulders above its predecessor, “Kingdom Come.” It should renew the faith of rap enthusiasts that the self-proclaimed king of New York can still rule. It’s a concept album, inspired by the recently released and identically titled Ridley Scott film. Its highs and lows follow the pace...
...while American air power could delay an Iranian push for atomic power, experts concede it probably couldn't thwart it. Admiral William Fallon, who as head of the U.S. Central Command would oversee any war against Iran, has spoken out against the idea of attacking Iran, as has his predecessor, John Abizaid, a now-retired Army general...