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...through Washington as expectations mount that the man who had access to many of the most powerful members of Congress could take some of them down with him. The plea agreement lays out in tantalizingly oblique strokes the way Abramoff raised millions of dollars on the sly from Indian tribal clients and then bought influence on Capitol Hill through lavish gifts of money, travel and entertainment. "Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this," he told U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle. "I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes...
...Balance of Power Simon Robinson's essay "Africa's Game of Follow the Leader" [Dec. 5] made the case that Africa needs strong institutions - parliament, the judicial system and the press - to hold leaders in check. African voters must therefore choose good leaders on the basis of competence, not tribal lines, religion or other factors. I'm looking forward to an Africa in which the majority of members of parliament belong to parties that are in opposition to the country's leader. Then we can expect meaningful and healthy discussions before policies are implemented. Theophilus Quayefio Accra Much of what...
...before heading back into their passionate self-indulgence. They were a modern-day Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, playing with delay pedals, riffing and rapping their sound into a violent moaning crescendo. Chief Hand convulsed in spasmodic ecstasy on the floor beneath the silver scarf of his tribal flag. “Now the secret’s out…no more secrets,” he whispered, as they handed out new albums to a sated crowd.Finally, after level-checking better suited to the night’s U2 show, the lights went out. In rolled Dinosaur...
...conscious” hip-hop, accompanied by cheap drums, whiny trumpets, and Ruff Ryder synths. While his new rush-released album, “Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD,” unfortunately maintains this holding pattern of mediocre beats (with the exception of the tribal drum Kanye-esque meta-rap of the title track), it is not as unlistenable as “Struggle”; at times Kweli’s ’97-’98 brilliance shines through. Talib is recuperating here, showing his audience that his career...
Others are also beginning to feel the heat. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Democrats began running an ad in Montana that attacks Republican Senator Conrad Burns, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that handles tribal matters. Fully 42% of the contributions to Burns' political-action committee from 2000 to 2002 came from Abramoff clients. In 2004 Burns steered a $3 million federal grant intended for tribal schools to a wealthy Abramoff client, the Saginaw Chippewas. The ad implores, "Tell Burns to work for Montana's working families, not indicted lobbyists." The National Republican Senatorial Committee immediately countered with a press release pointing...