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Just as much a wild card, however, are Floridians themselves. They are environmentally conscious on issues like Everglades preservation and offshore oil drilling. Even Crist's conservative predecessor, Jeb Bush, the President's younger brother, championed the former and opposed the latter. Still, the car is king in Florida to a greater degree than it is even in California; and the peninsula is scattered with dead initiatives to curb its use, especially local tax efforts to improve the state's virtually nonexistent public transportation. But Crist, whose optimism is as bright as his tan, isn't worried. "Floridians love their...
...France, too, counterterrorism officials monitoring jihadist websites believe that the risk of an attack has risen since the election of President Nicolas Sarkozy, known to be closer to the U.S. and more supportive of Israel than his predecessor, Jacques Chirac. "The extremist websites and forums are buzzing with belligerent language calling for punishment of the supposedly pro-U.S., pro-Israel Sarkozy," says one French intelligence official. But others warn against overstating the Sarkozy factor, noting that France has always been a target of al-Qaeda and related jihadist groups, and that the election of Sarkozy - who inspired hostility...
...will also build upon the legacy of Joseph B. Martin, his predecessor, who led the school for the past decade and oversaw its massive physical growth...
...answer: political acumen and the inability of his detractors to come up with someone among themselves to take his place. Unlike his predecessor, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who was more of an intellectual, Maliki has turned out to be a street-smart politician. He ingratiated himself with the Kurdish bloc when he stood up to aggressive Turkish rhetoric about the Kurdish border in May. He's managed to hold onto the support of the Shi'ite coalition by gingerly two-stepping around the abolition of militias - authorizing coalition and Iraqi troops to fight them in some cities, leaving them largely untouched...
...antiterror measures. "Terrorists are criminals whose victims come from all walks of life, communities and religious backgrounds," Smith told the House of Commons. "Terrorists attack the values that are shared by all law-abiding citizens." Though the words were not so very different from those used by her pugnacious predecessor John Reid, they were greeted as if they signified a radical departure from the Blair years. The opposition thanked Smith for her "dignity and calm." "She could say exactly the same thing [as Reid] and sound completely different," says a Home Office insider. The government, he adds, is much more...