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...Academy voters didn’t already see him as his generation’s greatest talent. Renee Zellweger’s on her third Oscar nomination—in three years, no less—for her roundly acclaimed turn in Cold Mountain, and she should trounce a weak field to win Best Supporting Actress...
Although the landscape gives the President a big advantage so far, Kerry is not in the weak position that Bob Dole inhabited in the 1996 race--a putative nominee without resources or the wherewithal to get any. Like Bush, Kerry has opted out of the federal financing system, and as a result he will be the first Democratic nominee in recent history to emerge from the primaries with the ability to raise and spend money without restriction before the convention. Had he abided by the federal finance rules, Kerry would have already hit his limits and would not have been...
...sides of the political equation in Haiti appear to have become intertwined with crime. That's why the question of what comes after Aristide is very scary: The political opposition seems rather weak now in comparison to the rebels. If Aristide does step down or falls, there will be a power vacuum and right now it looks like that vacuum could be filled by people with rather nefarious connections...
...could continue to reject the peace accord, assuming that the rebels will take over and achieve the basic objective of the political opposition which is to hasten Aristide's departure. But if they wait for the rebels to take over, then when Aristide goes their own hand will be weak because the rebels will be running the show. So, their other choice is to accept the peace proposal laid out by the U.S. delegation, hoping that this could blunt rebel advance. But it could also generate rebel anger against the opposition, too. So the political opposition is between a rock...
...nearly three years as president, Summers has certainly made Harvard more centralized. But he has also diminished transparency, and as long as we have a weak dean of the Faculty in place, it doesn’t look like professors or students will get a real glimpse into Mass. Hall, where the real decisions are made—let alone a voice that’s listened to. Why does the ivory tower seem to have been occupied by sentries...