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...Bruce Crawford, the SNP's local candidate, brandishes no broadsword, greeting shoppers with more mundane vows to revoke an unpopular local services tax. This election is "not actually about independence," says Peter Lynch, professor of politics at Stirling University. "People want more from their Parliament, but they don't necessarily want that yet, if they ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Stirling | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...shouldn't make the same mistakes again and well, there was a certain lacuna in his remarks. He did not ask for more time for the surge to "work;" he didn't rail against timetables. In fact, as far as solutions, McCain had just as specific ideas about the tax code as he did about Baghdad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McCain Kick-Start His Campaign? | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...class-conscious” admissions policy is not just a matter of fairness. Diversity—including socioeconomic diversity—enriches Harvard’s intellectual life. Just imagine how much poorer an Ec 10 section discussion on the earned income tax credit would be if all the participants’ parents took home six-figure salaries...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel | Title: Admissions, Unzipped | 4/24/2007 | See Source »

...unlikely to agree over the next step. The current boom in clean energy investment will only be sustained if the price of oil remains high. Cellulosic ethanol, produced from trees and shrubs, promises energy yield ratios of 16, but requires extensive research into cheaper enzymes. A full-scale carbon tax would help, but hawks reject such action as quite rash. At most, they might support a gasoline tax as a way of weaning America off Saudi crude...

Author: By Will E. Johnston | Title: ‘Green’ Hawk Down | 4/24/2007 | See Source »

...Sarkozy's high first-round score reflects his success in seducing hard- and extreme-right voters, but he'll pay for that in the second round," predicts Pierre Moscovici, a Socialist Party heavyweight and vice-president of the European Parliament. While mainstream conservatives backing Sarkozy's tax-cutting, market-friendly economic polices may overlook his repeated pledges to help Le Pen voters "out of their ghetto" and into his camp, Moscovici warns that the hard-right lean will repel most people who supported Bayrou. "Sarkozy reminds me of Berlusconi," Moscovici comments. "The Italian right forgave him every excess, the Italian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In France, A Classic Right-Left Contest | 4/22/2007 | See Source »

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