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...downplay racial tension in his few public comments on the subject. But many blame him for exacerbating racial disharmony during his successful bid for reelection last year by alluding to unnamed power brokers who were seeking to prevent displaced black residents from returning and, most famously, in his vow that New Orleans would once again be a "chocolate city"; since Katrina, New Orleans' population of 450,000 has dropped to about 300,000, with African-Americans' share going from around 70% before the storm to an estimated 55%-60% today...
Being alone in New York is remarkably easy, looking forward and avoiding the centers of nearby eyes, renewing a vow of silence every time I step out onto the street, sitting in my apartment checking my e-mail, sending letters to people in other states. To escape my unease, I stay out all night, party with my roommate and my roommate’s friends, go to Broadway shows, and see live jazz at the Village Vanguard. None of it, though, seems to have a lasting effect. It is impossible to feel isolated because so much is going...
...July 15, the world found out that�Kim Jong Il had done something surprising: he had kept his word. International nuclear inspectors confirmed that North Korea's flagship reactor in Yongbyon had been shut down, as Kim's regime had pledged to do in February. It was the first vow actually honored by Kim since 1994, when he cut his original nuclear deal with Bill Clinton. But the central question for the U.S. remains: Is this time really different...
...days of gun battles last month. Abbas retaliated by firing Hamas Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh and his cabinet, but Haniyeh has refused to step down. The Islamic militants of Hamas are anxious to show Palestinians in Gaza - and the rest of the world - that they can carry out their vow to impose order in Gaza. The photo op of a smiling BBC man is a huge publicity coup, allowing Hamas to say, with some legitimacy, that they are bringing back stability to Gaza...
...faces around the Cabinet table won't look much different, despite Brown's vow to create a government drawing on talent outside the ranks of his own party. The outsiders will be consigned to more junior ministerial positions. Several Cabinet ministers are old hands, though sitting in different places; there are still more Scots (including Brown and Darling) and fewer women than their comparative proportions of the population, but in Jacqui Smith the U.K. now has its first female Home Secretary and, at 44, one of several youthful members of Team Gordon. Douglas Alexander, entrusted with International Development, and Ruth...