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...Indeed, if Beijing was caught flat-footed by the scale and scope of the Lhasa protests, it has been equally unready to change its policies on the human-rights front, despite knowing almost from the day the Games were awarded to Beijing in 2001 that hosting the Olympics would shine an increasingly bright spotlight on its dismal rights record. In fact, rights advocates inside and outside China say a string of recent convictions and the imprisoning of activists all over the country are just the latest in a yearlong, wide-ranging crackdown designed to stifle even the slightest sign...
...visit the candidates in their greenrooms before the debate? First time I see them is when they walk out. I would rather, on debate night, limit the scope of our relationship and conversation to what happens onstage. I think it keeps it fresher and more spontaneous...
...lingering uncertainty remains as to whether this new program will encourage additional students to join or merely lighten the load on those who are already interested in public interest law. If the latter turns out to be true, Kagan would be entirely justified in extending the budget and scope of the program. After all, the effort to encourage scholarship and participation in public interest and public sector law is both necessary and noble...
Bush's Treasury Department unveiled proposed changes in the regulatory scope and power of America's corporate and financial overseers Monday that are beyond anything seen since Roosevelt warned Americans beset by failed banks, food lines and 30% unemployment that they had nothing to fear but fear itself. With today's markets jittery and average homeowners facing increasingly tight times as inflation and mortgage payments rise while home values fall, the Bush Administration is casting itself as a regulatory savior bringing some rationality to a dangerously complex and outdated system...
...getting bipartisan support, fits more closely with the pattern he has established since they took over Congress in 2006: a near freeze on new regulations unless and until the legislative or scientific ground gives way beneath him, at which point he launches savvy, preemptive moves to limit the scope of any new regulatory power...