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...Jospin immediately promised to draw conclusions from the results. His first response was to rein in the practice of allowing officials to "accumulate" several elective offices: last week Jospin obliged cabinet members who had won municipal polls to choose between their ministerial portfolios and their mayor's seats. Other changes may be in the offing, as the strong showing of the Greens and the collapse of the Communists may lead Jospin to give the ecologists more weight in his coalition - at the risk of seeing the disgruntled Communists harden their positions on social issues...
...Despite claims of responsibility by Islamist radicals, the Israeli government has directly blamed Yasser Arafat for the latest Palestinian attacks. The substance of that complaint, really, is that Arafat's Palestinian Authority is giving free rein to Islamist terror groups operating in areas under its control. That's hardly surprising. The incentive for Arafat to restrain Hamas and Islamic Jihad had been the peace process itself, and the possibility it created that dialogue could result in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza being replaced with a Palestinian state. That process collapsed last year at Camp David...
...Rein admits that pop can become cliché, so he has ventured outside his musical comfort zone. While working with Donna Summer on her next album (out this spring), he tried his hand at writing gospel, an experience he found "uplifting." It challenged him to reach people on a deeper level. But he says that heavy stuff can be "too much, too deep," which is why he and fans also need the lightness of pure...
...Asked who he'd most like to work with, Rein had a ready reply: Diane Warren. That he named not a singer but a songwriter reflects his respect for the craft. To write songs is to tailor with music, Rein says. Right now, his style is definitely...
...matter how much Bush or I admire the private sector, the United States of America is not a company. Bush's sworn duty is not to preserve the power bills of the American people, but to safeguard the nation. As a result, Bush's decision to leave companies free rein with regards to carbon dioxide emissions is a short-term political judgment--a judgment that is ultimately only disappointing...