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...last time Buddy the Elf quoted the Bible? I can’t remember either. If it’s arguing over whether to put white or colored lights on a friend’s tree, or planning a kick-ass Secret Santa gift, Christmas provides a prime bonding opportunity with friends and family, as well as an outlet for all that extra energy not spent on studying for midterms. Nothing gets the holiday message across better than the perfect $5 gag gift from CVS. And beautifying your sad white walls by covering them with paper snowflakes is a legitimate...
...need to reinvent procedures. It can be done overnight ... if you are flexible and in action mode." Even after the Mumbai carnage, he claims, the requisite political will and sense of urgency remain lacking. "We have such an incoherent and incapable leadership, and across all political parties." While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to understand the scale of the challenge, Sahni says, "he doesn't seem to carry the weight with his own Cabinet colleagues. And the irrational opposition has been blocking all forward-looking steps, irrespective of national interest...
...Prime Minister has said that full justice will be pursued in the death of the teenager, but also emphasized that there will be no leniency for the rioters. Still, the 45,000-strong police seem unable to find a way to quell the unrest. Dokos says the situation has spiraled out of control because "the government made the assumption that police intervention would have inflamed the crisis even further." In a prime-time televised address to the nation, Costas Karamanlis called those who engage in acts of violence and vandalism "enemies of democracy" and asked for unity in order...
George Papandreou, leader of the center-left opposition, accused the government Tuesday of being unable to handle the riots and said it has lost the people's trust. After a somber meeting with the Prime Minister early this morning, Papandreou said that "the best thing they [the Government] can do is resign and let the people find a solution ... We will protect the public...
...previously announced labor strike and further protest marches are planned for Wednesday. With the Government facing a public-order problem at the same time that the economy is suffering, the Prime Minister must find a way to halt his party's freefall in polls and try to convince the Greek people that his center-right government is the only real hope for stability and security. In rhetorical terms, he might even hark back to his uncle with a new choice: "Karamanlis or chaos." Lately, though, few can see the difference...