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...militia to weaken anytime soon. That's why some U.S. allies in Siniora's government believe it's better to engage Hizballah than pretend it can be crushed. On May 11, Walid Jumblatt, one of the leaders of the governing coalition, placed a call to Nabih Berri, the speaker of Parliament and a Hizballah ally, while TIME waited nearby for an interview. "Tell [Nasrallah] I lost the battle and he wins," Jumblatt said. "So let's sit and talk to reach a compromise. All that I ask is your protection...
...third leg of this spring's Democratic special election trifecta, and it leaves the GOP looking lame ahead of the fall campaign. In March, Republicans lost the once-safe Illinois seat held by former Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert, followed by a Louisiana loss in another long-held seat this month. On Capitol Hill, Democrats did not even try to contain their glee. "The Republicans can run, but they can't hide in any district in America," proclaimed Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which spent close to $1.8 million on the race...
...only to vanish a few hours later - it became clear that it is pointless to resist the Iranian and Syrian-backed militia, which could return at any time. "I am a hostage now in my home in Beirut," he said over the telephone to his rival Nabih Berri, the speaker of parliament and a top opposition leader, while TIME waited nearby for an interview. "Tell [Hizballah leader] Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah I lost the battle and he wins. So let's sit and talk to reach a compromise. All that I ask is your protection...
...career as a commentator. Im 1974, he lost the Democratic Party’s nomination for a U.S. House seat in his native Pennsylvania, and served as four years as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter. Later, he spent a half decade as a top aide to Democratic Speaker of the House Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. of Massachusetts. —Staff writer Lindsay P. Tanne can be reached at ltanne@fas.harvard.edu...
...It’s whatever people decide,” he said—“whether it’s real or false.”Along with the new genre of the meme, there comes a new celebrity, or what keynote speaker and NYU Ph.D student Alice Marwick calls a “microcelebrity,” one who is popular because it seems like he is a part of the audience itself. There is a democratic quality to this celebrity: we choose whom to make famous.But on the other hand, the do-it-yourself quality that...