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...past, Milosevic's opponents have usually defeated only themselves. An assortment of dissident parties won municipal elections in the winter of 1996-97 and mounted three months of daily street demonstrations to try to make their defiant ruler concede defeat. But the drive to topple the tyrant lost all steam when egocentric opposition leaders turned on one another, then squandered public trust by cutting personal deals with the regime. Kostunica will need to display uncommon skill and perseverance just to keep his argumentative alliance intact...
This is a controversial idea. When Newt Gingrich in 1994 advocated bringing back state-run orphanages for children most at risk of becoming criminals, he was ridiculed and called a racist. But since then, a movement toward residential learning has been quietly gaining steam--and often wins support from the parents of troubled youth. Residential schools focusing on needy children have opened in Philadelphia, West Trenton, N.J., and Washington, and three pilot programs have started in Minnesota...
...From the billiard table, hot tub and steam shower bought for the vice-presidential mansion by Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, Coca-Cola and General Motors to George W.'s mixing of politics, oil and baseball, corporate influence infiltrates candidates' lives in ways so subtle even they may not be fully aware of their culpability. And while politicians might tell you otherwise, companies aren't spending their money for nothing...
...course it was only in fun, but there was real heat in the crowd, good old populism blowing off steam, and after the concert, when the limo took me back to the hotel, I slumped down in the seat lest I be seen...
...This is a controversial idea. When Newt Gingrich in 1994 advocated bringing back state-run orphanages for children most at risk of becoming criminals, he was ridiculed and called a racist. But since then, a movement toward residential learning has been quietly gaining steam - and often wins support from the parents of troubled youth. Residential schools focusing on needy children have opened in Philadelphia, West Trenton, N.J., and Washington, and three pilot programs have started in Minnesota...