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...this juncture in 1988. One difference, however, is that Bush in 1988 could run on the rosy-looking Reagan economic record. Another difference, says a veteran of the 1988 campaign, was that "at least we had 'no new taxes' " as a central, positive appeal. This time there is a vacuum at the heart of the Bush campaign and Administration. That is what allows Clinton and Gore to dominate the television news and set the political agenda, at least for now. It is also the main reason why so many Republicans, unable to persuade Bush to aggressively address the problems...
Power abhors a vacuum. At the close of the 7th century A.D., Iberia had almost become one. Its central administrative order, that of the Roman Empire, had long since dissolved. Over it, Visigothic laws and Christian rites had been superimposed. But as a political entity, Iberia was on the verge of collapse. Thus when the Arabs looked across the Mediterranean, they saw a vast territory spotted with squabbling factions -- Christians, Jews, Visigoths -- separated from Africa by a small strait and ripe for conquest. In 711 a mixed force of Arabs and Berbers under the command of Musa ibn Nusayr crossed...
Lenin had been determined to keep in check all popular stirrings, especially nationalistic ones. His successor, Joseph Stalin, perfected a system that was autocratic in the extreme and prone to territorial expansion. With the Nazis in retreat, there was a huge vacuum to be filled by the Red Army in Eastern Europe...
...problem with the Swiss and British. There was a bright moment when he secured a visa from the Swedes -- but once Bosnia received Western recognition as an independent state, the Swedes were at a loss what to do with a Bosnian who has a Yugoslav passport. "It's a vacuum," he says. "No one knows how to treat...
...wild fears of a power vacuum are probably unwarranted. Judith S. Rodin, dean of Yale's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, will assume the post of provost and will be responsible for the ensuing stages of Yale's restructuring process. And the Yale Corporation is expected to appoint an acting president within the month...