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...Still, with two months before the presidential election, it's too soon to write her off. Various parties are forging alliances, which could swing the vote in her favor. But the incumbent must convince the electorate that her administration is dynamic and focused. "Megawati is very much a part of the past," says James Castle of Jakarta-based consulting company Castle Group. "Indonesians are now looking to the future." Parking-lot attendant Asep has already made up his mind?he's voting for Yudhoyono. "He is firm, he is a man of action, and I think he is more able...
...entering the seventh, the Crimson made it interesting. After Hendricks reached base on a fielder’s choice and Mann on single, Hordon came to the plate with two on and two out. He fell behind 0-2—the second strike coming on a vicious swing at a fastball high and out of the zone—before blasting a three-run homer to pull the score to 9-6. Herrmann popped up to end the game...
...Congress allowed the fees to expire in 1995. Bush is the first President to oppose the levies, and last month Lautenberg and other Senate Democrats lost a narrow vote to reinstate them. In protest, the Sierra Club aired "Make Polluters Pay" TV ads in Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan--all swing states. And on April 15, tax day, activists in 25 states picketed post offices to object. "We went from polluters paying to citizens paying," says Oklahoma environmentalist Earl Hatley. "Now EPA doesn't have the money for megasites like Tar Creek...
...PHIL MICKELSON, 33, the Masters, his first victory in any of golf's four major tournaments, after 47 tries; in Augusta, Ga. One year after his worst season, he acquired a new swing and a slimmer physique and, with a dramatic birdie putt on the 18th hole, won the coveted green blazer...
...know. But if there is something about contemporary art that you find baffling or unnerving or belligerent, chances are Nauman is somewhere behind it. Years before Damien Hirst submerged a sliced shark in formaldehyde, Nauman made his own comment on flesh and death called Carousel: four metal arms swing in a circle like a ceiling fan, with a faux animal carcass hanging from each and dragging hellishly along the floor. As for those neon wall pieces, every artist working in painted or electronic words--there are lots of them--owes something to Nauman. And when the celebrated British artist Rachel...