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...finally decided to take a leave from Harvard following the winter recess and has been living at home in Costa Mesa, Calif. ever since...
Dowd may be right: polls show that as war talk drowns out everything else, Democrats are losing the slight edge they had in congressional races when they returned from the August recess. They are increasingly worried about not only their effort to win back the House but also the possibility of losing control of the Senate. And they anguish over long-term damage: some say a prolonged fight over Iraq will resurrect an image that the Democrats spent decades trying to shake after Vietnam. "If we look like a bunch of left pacifists, it hurts our numbers," a Democratic Party...
...chairman Pecorella has given fast-track treatment to the current bill, which includes a provision to halt cases automatically when a venue change is requested. Following Senate approval in August, Pecorella had even hinted that he would try to keep Parliament in session during the usual summer recess. Brushing off suggestions that the new laws are made-to-order, Pecorella said, "They apply to everyone." Still he told TIME that the political implications of his client's case are undeniable. Berlusconi and a co-defendant - Previti - insist they are victims of a vendetta from left-leaning judges and prosecutors. Asked...
...least for the moment, the sudden emphasis on Iraq has thrown politicians off their game. At county fairs in Nebraska over the August recess, Republican Senator Chuck Hagel was stunned to get almost as many questions about war as demands for disaster assistance against the drought. In Maine, Senator Susan Collins says, she was hearing about Iraq as often as about jobs and the economy. And at a retirement community in a Maryland suburb, elderly voters gave Democratic House candidate Mark Shriver an earful on Iraq before bringing up Social Security and the cost of prescription drugs. "People are confused...
...talks resumed on Sept. 3 after a summer recess, but a war of words was heating up before that date. German Finance Minister Hans Eichel publicly reprimanded Switzerland at the E.U.?s Seville summit in June, saying it was unacceptable for any nation to make a living as "a safe haven for tax evaders." A British treasury minister, Paul Boateng, has attacked Swiss banking secrecy as an obstacle to fighting terrorism. And E.U. officials say privately that they expect pressure on Switzerland to build this fall as more politicians direct the spotlight toward Swiss morals. "The Swiss will inevitably...