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...RUSSIA Personal Choices President Vladimir Putin put his stamp on Russia's government with significant changes to the Cabinet that he inherited a year ago from Boris Yeltsin. Out went Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev, to be replaced by Putin's closest confidant, Sergey Ivanov. Duma Deputy Boris Gryzlov, who in his first year in high politics has become best known for unquestioning devotion to the President, took over the Interior Ministry from Vladimir Rushailo. And the Defense Ministry acquired its first female deputy minister, financial specialist Lyubov Kudelina...
McCain-Feingold would shackle private interests by severely restricting their ability to express themselves politically. There are few more important or more cherished ways for those outside the political system to express themselves than by contributing to a political party that reflects their views. McCain-Feingold seeks to stamp that out. What would the bill do if it became law? Abolish influence peddling? Hardly. It would simply shift influence away from the inarticulate groups that today must buy media time or support political parties to participate in politics, and radically increase the influence of those already at the crossroads...
...Sure, we've had our disagreements, the mail service and I. Once, for example, I sidled up to the front desk at my local post office and loudly declared I wasn't leaving until I heard about concrete plans to revive the "Fat Elvis" stamp. And then there was that time I spent an hour and a half waiting in line to mail a certified letter, and when I finally got to a real live person, she informed me (with some sadistic glee, if I'm not mistaken) that I had filled out the wrong form and I'd have...
...fact, I don't see too much problem with another price hike. I, for one, would be perfectly happy to spend 40 cents on a stamp - if it means I can count on six days of mail...
...corporations set out to "patent" traditional remedies used in those countries for centuries. And when it bumps up against a humanitarian crisis threatening the lives of millions of people, the sanctity of intellectual property is far from assured. While the U.S. may have managed for the most part to stamp out industrial-scale piracy of CDs and movies in the developing world, life-saving medicines are another matter. Companies in India and Brazil, for example, have copied AIDS treatments and distributed them in the developing world at a fraction of the cost charged in the West for the brand-name...