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...chances of staying are helped, ironically, by the lack of confirmable alternatives. Deputy Secretary PAUL WOLFOWITZ has been widely criticized for predicting that U.S. troops would be welcomed in Iraq as liberators, and he would have a hard time winning Senate confirmation. CONDOLEEZZA RICE, who is believed to prefer the Pentagon job to Secretary of State, is a more likely choice--unless, as some speculate, she wants a breather from government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A CABINET SHUFFLE? | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

...chief deputy for 2 1/2 years but left because he was feeling ignored and cut out. Bush has twice asked Thompson to travel with him around the country and has even said in public that he will soon be asking Thompson to return to government. Thompson is believed to prefer the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but he's unlikely to turn down the Attorney General's job if it is offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A CABINET SHUFFLE? | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

...those who agreed with him already, who don't want to see gay couples kissing on the evening news, think stem-cell research has been oversold and believe abortion on demand is a sin. Even Republicans who disagreed with him on one or more issues--the fiscal conservatives who prefer less extravagant government spending, the civil libertarians who would like a less intrusive Patriot Act--were still prepared to side with him. His 97% approval rate within his party surpassed even Ronald Reagan's. Bush plainly understood that his best weapon against Kerry was less what Bush did than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Triumph: 2004 Election: In Victory's Glow | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

Which do you prefer: performing your own material or playing a piece written by another composer? (Or are there merits of each?) Do you feel at all drained after performing a personal piece...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spotlight: Mark E. Goldin ’05 | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...deputy for 21⁄2 years but left because he was feeling ignored and cut out. Bush has twice asked Thompson to travel with him around the country and has even said in public that he will soon be asking Thompson to return to government. Thompson is believed to prefer the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but he?s unlikely to turn down the Attorney General?s job if it is offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Ashcroft: Larry Thompson? | 11/9/2004 | See Source »

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