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...process, with the support of a majority in the Spanish parliament - although without the backing of the opposition Popular Party (PP). "I think this time the process is more transparent and more open to everybody, to all the political sensibilities in the country," says Mikel Serrano, a Socialist councilman in the small town of Zumarraga who has who has faced social rejection - even among his family and friends - for running with the Socialist Party and having to carry two bodyguards in the face of threats from the ETA. "I am betting on this process to reach a [positive] outcome...
...debate was a win for Lamont in that he wasn't embarrassed by Lieberman, which seemed a possibility going in, since Lamont's highest elective office was serving as a city councilman more than a decade ago, while Lieberman has been in the Senate for 18 years and has run for both President and Vice President. The outcome of the race is likely to rest on two factors. One is which candidate can best find and turn out his supporters for a primary in August, when many voters may be on vacation or not paying attention. And the other will...
...assembly will face other hot-button issues that Morales hopes will solidify his leftist reforms and reflect the fact that Bolivia is 70% indigenous. "The point is to establish societal rules that reflect the traditions and realities of the people of Bolivia," said El Alto city councilman Wilson Soria. "For centuries, many of our cultural values have been unrecognized because we've been ruled by a Constitution that responds to the needs of foreigners." The proposals include constitutionalizing traditional forms of indigenous community justice as well as the national "recuperation" of natural resources like lumber, silver, water...
...debate Professor Edwin O. Reischauer (who later became U.S. ambassador to Japan) on the causes of the Korean War.The popular press exploded. Both major Boston newspapers attacked Harvard for permitting a notorious member of the U.S. Communist Party to appear on campus to propagandize innocent undergraduates. A Cambridge City Councilman, Edward A. “Fast Eddie” Sullivan, proposed that Harvard Yard should be taken by eminent domain and converted into a parking lot. The Massachusetts legislature debated the imposition of a “loyalty oath” upon the faculty members of any university...
...huge growth. The area needs more retail stores and relief for crowded schools, and an overhaul of the subway and commuter-rail systems is moving slowly. "We have only one full-service hospital below 12th Street, and it has serious financial challenges," says Alan Gerson, a lower Manhattan city councilman. Of all the neighborhoods, Chinatown has shown the least improvement. The garment industry there never fully recovered, existing zoning laws inhibit residential development, and the area is struggling to make the most of the hundreds of small businesses that dominate the area. But Chinatown has a new leader...