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...coup were journalists. I flagged down a car to get into the city, and we quickly passed the first sign of the military takeover: an armored personnel carrier by the roadside. It had broken down. "Morons," the driver snarled as we drove past the soldiers. I began to wonder if this coup was as inexorably destined for victory as I had thought...
...wonder that no credible opponent of either party has stepped forward to challenge her? "There is a classic Kennedy formula," says Brown University political scientist Darrell West. "It's based on media, money and scaring off the opposition...
...During the Gulf War and after, America has always needed Arab support to mount a viable campaign against Saddam Hussein. And the perceived U.S. role in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict precludes such support, almost by definition. No wonder, then, that Saddam makes a point of sending thousands of dollars to the family of every Palestinian slain in confrontations with the Israelis. Because the Iraqi leader may well have been the biggest beneficiary of the intifada...
...take a walk or a Saturday drive with Eudora was to have the world narrated to you, recalibrated and transformed into language that was surprising, sometimes shocking, always sympathetic, frequently hilarious, and full of perception, wonder and delight. To know Eudora Welty was to experience the best of life on an exquisitely human scale, and to be reminded again where the seeds of greatness are sown...
...wonder state legislative races last November became so critically important for both parties. The deadlocked presidential election may have captured all the headlines, but the state assembly races were where "the real political battlefield in 2000" occurred, according to one Republican Party memo. Obscure candidates for state offices found themselves flush with millions of dollars from the Democratic and Republican parties. It was money well spent, both parties believed. "From a purely financial point of view," continues the GOP memo, "if the GOP loses this war, the money it will have to spend - perhaps vainly - in attempting to recoup...