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...Fowler's concern about chaos could be prophetic. New Hampshire is sore, and there's been speculation that the state might move its primary up. A state law requires that New Hampshire's vote must take place seven days before a "similar election." But it's not clear what action the state might take - or what other states, or the DNC, might do in response. "I don't think it can be controlled," says Fowler. "I think other states are going to move their votes at their discretion, and I think it's going to be a mess...
...national image and present it to the world while the country is host of the World Cup. Public-relations campaigns alone, however, cannot explain the flag mania that has gripped the country. That Germans seem to have discovered their flag and its stylish possibilities does not give cause for concern to our immediate neighbors, who were invaded during the course of a more toxic burst of nationalism. The current popularity of the national colors seems rather to be a celebration of a more relaxed feeling about our German past, identity and the displaying of national symbols. Leo Fuerst Augsburg, Germany
...distracted the attention of the U.S. from developments in other areas--Asia, Russia and its former satellites, and Latin America--where new international systems are being built without the U.S. as their builder. For most outside the U.S., the threat of suicide bombings is a less pressing concern than issues like health care, education, job security and the environment. The longer the U.S. bases its foreign policy around the single-minded pursuit of Islamic terrorists, the less influence it is likely to have...
...Heinrich Zangger [Berlin,] 11 July [1916] Dear Friend, Your long letter, in which you informed me about how my boys are faring, pleased me very much, but it also filled me with a certain concern in one respect. Whenever my wife confided in any one of my friends, I almost always had to give him up for lost. ... So don't allow the slightest drop of venom into your subconsciousness. It would be such a pity on our fine relations. Surely not that I believed the woman would complain about me outright; it's a matter of indirect influence...
...success of the Taliban's intimidation blitz has added to Western concern about President Hamid Karzai's government, which remains unable to assert its authority much beyond the capital city, Kabul. "In many respects, I think that this insurgency is less about insurgent strength than government weakness," says Ronald Neumann, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared in Kabul last week in a show of support for Karzai, while 10,000 coalition troops launched a fresh offensive against Taliban insurgents in the south. But few Afghans believe the threat posed by the resurgent Taliban is close...