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...This sense of urgency is well founded. Japanese voters, frightened by the country's sinking economy and fed up with years of feckless political leadership, handed power to the DPJ in a landslide victory that Hatoyama called "the first ever proper change in government in the history of our constitutional politics." Indeed, by electing DPJ members to 308 of 480 seats in the Japanese parliament's lower house, voters ended a half-century of nearly unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) - providing an unprecedented rebuke to the country's political élite, at the same time issuing...
...leader Yukio Hatoyama, who will be voted in as Prime Minister later this month, said the election represented "the first-ever proper change in government in the history of our constitutional politics." He leads a party cobbled together from groups united in not much more than their opposition to the LDP; it has no obvious coherent ideology of its own. Though there are a number of old heads in the party--its éminence grise, former LDP minister Ichiro Ozawa, has been a player in Japanese politics for 30 years--no fewer than 46% of its Diet members will...
There shouldn't be that many paying customers for Goats, which opens commercially Nov. 6. It's based on Jon Ronson's book about the U.S. military's secret "remote viewing" missions, in which soldiers were trained as "psychic spies." With the proper concentration and intuition, men could run through walls, or, as one GI explains, "kill animals just by staring at them." Clooney plays Lyn Cassady, a vaunted veteran of the program, who's trying to harness his superpowers for the allied superpowers in the early days of the Iraq adventure. His student and dupe is Bob Wilton (Ewan...
...this matter in the near future if he is to command wider support. Overall, Obama made his vision clear, defended his principles, and gave hope to a brighter future in the world of health care. We hope that representatives of both parties work together in order to find the proper cure for a seriously ailing health-care system...
...worthwhile. Many of the Houses are only accessible through Harvard I.D. card swipe access, but some—like Kirkland House—are effectively open to the public during the day. In light of Connor’s comments, Harvard may essentially be vulnerable to heist. The proper protection of our art, as per Connor’s requirements, would require the installation of better technology. But perhaps museums, supposedly welcoming forums for public enjoyment of art, should not be threatening places with armed guards and heavy surveillance; movie-style defenses could avalanche into situations with less-than-picturesque...