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...Dems Offer Bush No Credit for Economic Growth ? Conservative analysts disagreed, saying the president's tax cuts had everything to do with the robust growth...
Colorful, robust, with sparse yet subtle brushstrokes, the paintings portray characters at once familiar and strange. “The Policeman” wears tiny heels on one foot and has a green sith bottle for a hand. The gold-and-glass headed “Insane Cardinal” has no hair but still has panache, holding a glass of wine in one hand while riding on a tire...
...foreign policy had often been marked by suspicion and a certain belligerent petulance. But in the past few months, under Hu's leadership, Beijing has emerged as an increasingly sophisticated and mature player on the global stage, a power more intent on diplomatic pragmatism that preserves the country's robust economic growth than on replaying the Maoist rhetoric of confrontation. "Hu puts more emphasis on substance in foreign policy rather than on symbols," says Chu Shulong, director of the Institute of Strategic Studies at Beijing's Tsinghua University, who advises the Chinese leadership on foreign affairs. "[Former President] Jiang Zemin...
...more robust growth over the next few years, I expect interest rates will probably come up a bit. The effect is moderate. That's one of the reasons why we are concerned. Budget deficits are one of the priorities, but putting people back to work is also a priority...
...where there is a congenial government or sufficient lawlessness, like the hinterlands of Afghanistan, the Northwest Frontier province in Pakistan and, increasingly, in places like Iran, a mecca for terrorists. That's not the case in Iraq because of the American presence but also because Iraq has an increasingly robust system of local governance. It has a central government that is growing in power, it has any number of foreign troops, and it also has 55,000 Iraqis trained and under arms now. It's not a place where bad guys feel comfortable. There's a reason why Saddam Hussein...