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...waverers are enticed to spdspd defectors and former communists - the center-right cdu/csu may not win a big enough majority to govern with the Free Democrats (fdp). That could force Merkel's and Schröder's parties into a grand coalition, potentially leading to a stalemate on economic reform. In the first few weeks of campaigning, Merkel and the cdu made some amateurish mistakes, appearing divided and, at times, muddled. Even the choice of theme song doesn't seem to have been thought through. The Rolling Stones are startled to hear that the track from their album Goats Head...
...ttgen, a senior member of Merkel's campaign team. "Being honest about value-added tax is a strategy to regain the trust of the people." And Merkel is backing up the persona with policies. In addition to the vat increase, she has suggested weakening job-protection laws and reforming union wage-bargaining practices. Trouble is, the spd owes much of its unpopularity to an attempt to introduce just such measures. Germans seem to want reform, but are determined to punish reformers. "As voters, we may believe we can handle uncomfortable truths," says Eckhard Jesse, professor of political science at Chemnitz...
...wiped out in seconds by the atomic blast. I believe the modernization occurred because the U.S. simply did not comprehend the extent of destruction the atom bomb would cause and thus set about rebuilding the city to ease the pain and guilt Americans felt. Tungsan Yu Colombo, Sri Lanka Reforming Islam Irshad Manji's essay "When Denial Can Kill" argued that Islam might be motivating suicide bombers [July 25]. She is right. It is not enough for Muslims to hide behind platitudes like "Islam means peace" and to say the radical fringe of Islam is exploiting the religion...
...being targeted by fellow doctors through the process of peer review. Allegations of poor care or other serious complaints against a doctor go to a panel, consisting mainly of physicians, that decides in secret whether the accused has done wrong. That system is too open to manipulation and needs reform, says the 4,000-member American Association of Physicians and Surgeons. The Semmelweis Society agrees; its 85 members are mostly doctors who claim to be victims of "malicious peer review," in which the process is used to damage competitors or punish whistle-blowers. Support for reform is also widespread among...
Semmelweis doctors went to Capitol Hill in May to lobby Congress to codify such principles. But they haven't managed to get even a hearing on the topic. Most reform advocates say it would be better for doctors to adopt new standards on their own. "Doctors already feel beleaguered" by regulation, says Wachter. More rules imposed by outsiders would be seen as "intrusion...