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...believe Senator Tom Daschle or anyone else in the current Democratic Party leadership was smart enough to mastermind the political switch of Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont from the Republican Party [WASHINGTON POWER SHIFT, June 4]. The reason is simple. The Democrats haven't demonstrated such savvy in the past. If they had really been on the ball, they would have gone to President Clinton and told him to clean up his act rather than put the country through the agony of impeachment. If they had achieved that, their Jeffords story would at least be credible. It's a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 2, 2001 | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...omen. Zambia declared a national holiday as it hosted an influx of up to 20,000 tourists. While war-torn Angola issued millions of pairs of protective glasses, many in Zimbabwe watched through folded crisp packets. Wildlife observers said animals seemed confused by the sudden switch between darkness and full daylight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...quality of work in "Bizarro Comics" definitely reaches the higher, but still limited, level set for it. But readers looking forward to radical reinterpretations of American icons may feel suckered by a bait and switch. Others readers drawn in by the superheroes will be missing out on the truly uninhibited voices they could have been introduced to. DC just needs to have the courage of their convictions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much for Those Comix? | 6/29/2001 | See Source »

...Senator Jeffords wanted to switch affiliations, he should have resigned his seat and contested for it anew in a special election. At least that would have given the voters who sent him to Washington in the first place a voice in the change in their representation. As things stand, those voters are being represented by someone different from the person they elected. The real loser in Senator Jeffords' switch is not the Republican Party but the democratic process. ROBERT BALDWIN Carmel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 25, 2001 | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...pumps. Why the change? "I dressed gal style because it was popular. But everyone just got sick of it and besides, this new look is much more kawaii," says salesgirl Chie Sakakibara, 22. Hiroaki Morita, head of Teens' Network Ship, a consulting firm for companies targeting teens, believes the switch in tastes may also be a response to Japan's lingering economic malaise. The girls still wanna have fun, but they just don't want to blow a lot of cash doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kwest For Kawaii | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

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