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Most believe that on Nov. 3, the winner of Election 2004—what many have dubbed the most important election of our lifetime—will seal the fate of the United States. But it seems the world will have to wait. Rather, it should be assumed that Thanksgiving dinner discussion will be dominated by current debate; that is, who will be the President of the United States for the next four years. Perhaps, if we’re lucky, we can move on to speculations of Cabinet appointment during winter break; but even this is overly optimistic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History's Most Litigious Election | 10/20/2004 | See Source »

...whole Tibetan issue will die. Another opinion is that the grievance will still be there, or will even become stronger, but in the meantime there will be no one to guide and persuade Tibetans, [so] Tibet becomes more difficult to handle. Which is correct? I do not know. Wait until my death. (Laughs.) Then reality will answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...about Voter Vault," notes Christine Iverson, press secretary for the Republican National Committee. "A lot of the information is strategic, and the less the Democrats know the better." Secret it may be, but Voter Vault caused a stir last month when it emerged that the Republicans had--wait for it--outsourced some of its construction to a bunch of programmers in Maharashtra, India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: Technology: What Your Party Knows About You | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...This is the same writer who once told his journal, "I am he who has adopted the Sorrows ... The Serious, the Severe, the Stubborn, the Unappeased." You wouldn't think he was a man who in life would be selling khakis. No problem. All they had to do was wait until he was dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hip's History | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...DeLay's current problems may not be over. A Texas grand jury has indicted three of his close aides on charges of funneling illegal corporate money to Texas state elections. The House ethics panel was asked to look at DeLay's involvement in the scheme but decided to wait for the Texas prosecutor to finish his probe. And Senate and federal grand jury investigations of lobbyist and DeLay fund raiser Jack Abramoff--who allegedly has defrauded Indian tribes of tens of millions of dollars in inflated fees--are exploring his boasts of access to DeLay. People close to DeLay have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DeLay on the Defensive | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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