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...with as little fanfare as possible last week, going so far as to have an aide phone the Arizona senator with the news rather than inviting him to a signing ceremony. Bush hopes enactment of the bill, which McCain has been pushing for seven years, will finally shift the spotlight away from his nemesis from the 2000 presidential primary. And he's not the only one hoping for a breather - GOP senators would also like a break from McCain's legislative reforms...
...There are Republicans and some Democrats who hope you'll fade away now. You've had your time in the spotlight...
Person of the Week WAR AND PEACE He came to the Middle East to whip up Arab support for another shot at Iraq's Saddam Hussein, only to see the spotlight stolen by the struggle between Israel and Palestine. If U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney wants to expand the war on terrorism, he may have to act the peacemaker first...
It’s been a long eight-year wait, but the Harvard men’s hockey team will finally return to the national spotlight tomorrow as it begins NCAA Tournament play against Maine at the Centrum Centre in Worcester. This marks Harvard’s first NCAA appearance since...
Kepel’s book is quite deserving of this spotlight. Jihad is an academic work, thoroughly researched and precisely excecuted, describing the origins and the growth of the idea of jihad, or Islamic holy war. Kepel traces the historic roots of the “Islamist movement,” lucidly explaining how it has fared within the political history of the Muslim world. According to Kepel, this movement began in the 1930s when political parties began espousing a vision of a modernity which entailed a “complete and total blend of society, state, culture, and religion...