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...Jiang, in the marketplace for a payoff from the U.S. to symbolize the new relationship, specifically wants to slap a cowboy hat on his greased-back hair and mosey down to the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas. The prospect has the U.S. State Department in fits. Russian leader Vladimir Putin made the trip, but only after Bush famously took measure of Putin's soul and called him a man he could trust. Yet Putin is the elected leader of a newly democratic nation. Jiang, for all his cooperation, presides over a communist country that has thousands of political prisoners. "Crawford...
While election commissioners say there is some prospect of minor tinkering with the system, they say no major overhaul is planned...
...obtained a divorce, when Margaret was seen brushing a bit of dust from his jacket, not the kind of thing that royalty ordinarily does for commoners. In a nation where few had forgiven Edward VIII for giving up his throne because he insisted on marrying a divorced woman, the prospect that Margaret might wed a divorced man led to a huge public uproar...
...attempt to truly resolve the issue would likely involve a partial or total privatization of rai, a prospect that gets a chilly reception from politicians of all stripes who count on it as a protector of their power. The Prime Minister himself has little interest in having the state sell rai, which would not only swipe away his newfound influence at the public broadcaster, but could also bring on stiffer ratings competition from a potential newcomer...
...during intersession. But theses, like baby whales, have a very long gestation term. And everyone knows that you’ve been sitting on the nest all year long. So you start to feel that whatever comes out in the end sure as hell better be a whale. The prospect of anything less seems disastrous, and it paralyzes your capacity for work...