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...problem Florida's Republican leaders are dealing with now seems anything but rational. Foley's exit - and the damage the controversy inflicts on his party's family-values image - couldn't come at a worse time. The G.O.P. is facing the prospect of losing its 12-year majority in the House, and other G.O.P. incumbents in the state, such as Representative Clay Shaw, are already fighting intensely close races. On Monday,in a 90-minute closed-door meeting at Orlando International Airport, they anointed state Representative Joe Negron as Foley's replacement. But Negron faces a tougher task than...
...opposite direction. The generations of retirees who once flocked to Nice, St.-Tropez, or the Algarve are now exploring more exotic locales such as Thailand and Vietnam, and thereby extending Europe's reach beyond the acknowledged borders. And, at least officially, places like Morocco are thrilled at the prospect. To encourage investment, the kingdom offers foreign pensioners a tremendous incentive to bunk down in Morocco at least half the year: 80% tax relief on money placed in Moroccan investments or bank accounts. Just how significant is that? "The money we save on taxes pays for nearly an entire year...
Like any near-quadracentenarian, fair Harvard’s Square is often in need of a little work. Along with the traditional façade facelifts and refreshing injections of central air into upstairs apartments, the prospect of tenant renegotiations tends to provoke—how do we say this—a quasi-tangible aura of excitement around campus...
...state and other federal leaders. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a veteran left-wing labor leader, looks set for a second term. Ferréz, a prominent local writer whose latest novel, In São Paulo Nobody Is Innocent, was published last month, treats the prospect with guarded pleasure at best. "Lula opened a dialogue with the people," says Ferréz. "But I'm not sure that will make a difference in São Paulo. The law serves the middle classes, not the periferia," he adds, referring to the sprawling slums that surround...
...against the world's most powerful military alliance. Though the U.N. can't fight its way into Darfur, NATO can. If it does, al-Bashir could end up following Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic and Liberia's Charles Taylor to a war-crimes trial at the Hague. Confronted with that prospect, al-Bashir might conclude that a U.N. peacekeeping force...