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...hectic and controversial year, Australia's Federal Police Commissioner seemed as likely to turn up in Jakarta, Seoul, Dili, Nuku'alofa, Honiara or Lae as in his home base of Canberra. Mick Keelty, 50, is the region's premier crime fighter at a time when law enforcement is anything but a desk job. The force he leads is charged with fighting terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, people smuggling, identity theft, sexual servitude and child pornography. The A.F.P.'s first duty is to Australia, but on Keelty's watch it has also taken its intelligence-based approach abroad, helping police...
...docudrama was stolid, bloody, humorless, remorseless, sticking to its micro-subject with macro implications, staying obsessively on point; its hero was a stern thin man who endured scourging and calumny in order to fulfill His mission. In other words, Moore embodied what the Right saw as Kerry?s base; Jesus incarnated what the Right saw as their hero...
...laptop was a PowerPoint pitch titled POTUS Presentation to project on the beige walls. It was no secret what the first piece of Bush's re-election strategy would be: to reach out to the base and make sure the Evangelicals, who Rove believed stayed home in 2000, came out this time. But appealing just to one part of one party would never produce 270 electoral votes, so Rove had prepared a series of slides, each with a great big goal in tall letters: BROADEN, PERSUADE, GROW. These were designed to show how Bush could assemble a winning majority...
...support of 91% of Republicans and 17% of Democrats. This was the biggest gap in the history of the Gallup poll, and it led journalists to write about the Polarizing President and armchair strategists to remind the White House of the First Rule of Politics: once your base gets you nominated, you have to soften the edges and sweet-talk the center to get elected. Bush had honored the rule by running in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative," which was code for "I'm not as mean as Newt Gingrich or Tom DeLay"; by working with Ted Kennedy...
...River (also with China Climb) or hire a bicycle and head out on your own. There are lots of spectacular hikes in the vicinity, too. The Outside Inn, tel: (86-773) 881 7109, in Chao Long village, just 5 kilometers from Yangshuo, is a great place to base yourself for these: a path into the hills begins outside the gate. You can also explore the countryside with a "farmer-guide" whose tours include lunch in his or her own home (don't worry about finding these guides?they'll approach you). Whatever you choose, be warned: this countryside...