Word: ruthlessness
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...surprise decision was based on the sort of ruthless calculation that had once given him unchallenged dominance of House Republicans and their wealthy friends in Washington's lobbying community: he realized he might lose in this November's election. DeLay got a scare in a Republican primary last month, and a recent poll taken by his campaign gave him a roughly 50-50 shot of winning, in an election season when Republicans need every seat they can hang onto to avoid a Democratic takeover of the House...
...enters the stage without any pomp or circumstance and talks in a quite straightforward manner - analytically," says Gerd Langguth, a political scientist at Bonn University. "People like that." Cabinet meetings are more open and less hierarchical than they were in Schröder's day, though Merkel can be ruthless with long-winded colleagues. "When I met her alone it was like meeting a leading business figure," SAP's Kagermann tells Time. "She is very effective at managing discussion." Merkel also likes to keep her channels of communication open. She often abandons the desk in her vast Chancellery office...
CHIBLI MALLAT Yes, the U.S.-led war to get rid of the dictatorship was worth it for most Iraqis and for those who, like me, supported them against one of the most ruthless governments in modern history. But for the young Marine from Oklahoma or the child in Iraq blown up this past week or the one before, it wasn't. Better things must obtain from the demise of Iraq's dictatorship, even if it is largely accepted now that the end of Saddam's rule represents a positive precedent for Iraq and the modern Middle East. Democratic Iraq, like...
...crackdown on the exploitation of children. But most of the allegations have never been investigated, and many of the report's key recommendations have still not been implemented. Unwieldy laws carry vague definitions of child abuse; the age of consent varies according to circumstances; tribal traditions are exploited by ruthless foreigners; and strict time limits on reporting offenses make prosecution difficult. The Solomon Islands' Law Reform Commission, designed to review and strengthen weak laws, has been inactive for months while the government advertises for staff. Why has so little been done? "I think people are scared," says...
...Morning After" [Feb. 6], which lashed out at President George W. Bush's "love affair with democracy" and its unintended consequences. Democracy, whether American or God's gift, can't be exported like a product; it requires preconditions. During the cold war, the U.S. created and maintained many ruthless and undemocratic regimes that were eventually overthrown by their citizens. During my graduate work in the U.S. 30 years ago, I read in one of the prescribed political-science texts that the U.S. had no formal foreign policy. It is the same today. But by now the U.S., including President Bush...