Word: secularization
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TIME: The picture you paint is not a pretty one. We're going to have rising interest rates but not particularly strong growth. The manufacturing sector is going through a secular decline. And the people who are able to shift into new jobs, they'll be lucky if they get real jobs with full benefits. Is this where the economy is heading...
...Palestinian flag is an unambiguous representation of the national aspirations of the Palestinian people and of a possible pragmatic solution to the Middle East conflict. The moment that the flag is no longer in the hands of the current secular Palestinian leadership, those who seize power would either change it to a green flag—the color of the Islamists—or would advocate the idea of a bi-national state. In both cases, the prospect of stability for the region would be far-fetched, and the very existence of the state of Israel would be shaken...
...late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin realized the importance and meaning of the Palestinian flag, as he allowed it to be raised high when he signed the historic mutual recognition agreement at the White House with the Palestinian secular leadership. The late Rabin was killed just as he was about to realize his dream of securing a strong and stable state living peacefully alongside his Palestinian neighbors as equals. The fact that the bullet that ended his life shattered the chances for his dream to succeed make his death all the more tragic...
Diplomats and observers in Ankara allocate responsibility for the fiasco in many ways: some blame inexperienced A.K. ministers who overplayed their hand with the U.S., while others point the finger at Wolfowitz, who, say his critics, never understood that with the election of the A.K., military and secular leaders with strong ties to the U.S. no longer monopolized power. Says Emin Sirin, an A.K. parliamentary deputy and Istanbul businessman: "The Americans thought that if you talk to two or three people, you have Turkey in your hands. The whole system has changed, and they didn't appreciate that...
Perhaps, but I can think of two other reasons. Tax cutting is a matter of Republican theology; it is as close to the heart of the G.O.P.'s Sun Belt base as abortion is to the Democrats' legions of secular feminists. There is also a bit of family history here. Another President Bush once, famously, promised no new taxes. George W. Bush has not only been assiduous about doing the opposite in office of what Bill Clinton did, but also the opposite of what George H.W. Bush did. On the tax issue, as on the Gulf War, Oedipus rules...