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...cars, have been cheaper and more effective than predicted. This gives us reason to be optimistic that global-warming controls will be affordable and effective too. By pretending that air-pollution trends are negative, opponents of the President only reduce momentum for the next great environmental-protection project, greenhouse reform...
...difficulty of redirecting the army toward moderation is illustrated by Musharraf's struggle to reform Pakistan's powerful internal-security apparatus, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), once the Taliban's No. 1 ally. These days, says a Western diplomat in Islamabad, the ISI's top brass carries out Musharraf's bidding, but some of the lower-echelon officers seem to retain ties--ideological and financial--with their former Taliban proteges. Says this diplomat: "At some level, these guys see the Taliban as an insurance policy for what happens next in Afghanistan...
...boon to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He boasted frequently about the buoyant economy during his successful campaign to win re-election two weeks ago as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (and, thus, Prime Minister). As he tells it, the healthier statistics are proof that his structural economic reforms are working. As a sign of the increasing political capital that the rebound has provided him, Koizumi quickly shuffled his Cabinet, reappointing his controversial finance czar Heizo Takenaka and replacing the ailing 81-year-old Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa with Sadakazu Tanigaki, a younger, more reform-minded legislator...
...Committee on Calendar Reform will be composed of members from all of the University’s faculties, two undergraduates and three graduate students, and will work in tandem with the College’s curricular review process...
...addition to Cohen and Verba, the Committee on Calendar Reform will include Provost Steven E. Hyman, Travelstead Professor of Architecture George P. Baird, Thomas Professor of Divinity Harvey G. Cox, Maier Professor of Political Economy Benjamin M. Freidman, Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris, Industrial Bank of Japan Professor of Finance Walter C. Kester, Professor of Education Daniel Koretz, Lecturer on Public Health Practice Leonard J. Marcus, Professor of Law Harry S. Martin, Stanton Professor of the First Amendment Frederick Schauer and Adams University Professor Christoph J. Wolff...