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...Though many political analysts have assumed that Vajpayee's popularity will power the BJP-led coalition to a resounding victory in the elections, the party's core base of support is confined largely to upper-caste Hindus in the north and west. The party has little appeal in the south or east and relies on small regional parties for support. The Congress has been aggressively wooing many of these regional parties?with increasing signs of success. To forge a coalition of anti-BJP parties and to strike a chord with moderate voters, the Congress appears determined to harp...
...caucus seems as if it were constructed to keep away everyone but hard-core party activists and the pitifully lonely, but it can actually lead to an informed decision. And while three hours seems like a lot to give up for democracy, it's shorter than that last Lord of the Rings movie. The lack of a secret ballot does make some people nervous, but having to declare your political opinion in public probably keeps people from voting for things they should be ashamed of, such as liking cats. Plus there's something nice about getting together with your neighbors...
...right way. You need to chew the gum slowly, for example, not swallowing the saliva until the nicotine can be absorbed through the cheek, says Dr. Elliot Wineburg, who has used everything from drugs to hypnosis at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City to help hard-core smokers quit. Many people try to make do with as little nicotine as possible, which is a mistake. "You don't want the brain to go into withdrawal," Wineburg says...
...brief argues that any “retreat” from the November ruling would “risk gratuitously exposing the SJC to withering critique for having first taken a courageous and principled stand on a matter going to the core of both liberty and equality—but having then turned around and responded equivocally, at best, to the question whether the SJC actually meant what it had so recently said...
...integrity lapses and poorly executed mergers--especially the one with McDonnell Douglas. As an employee with 41 years of service, I have witnessed the whole process. A few hours of ethics training cannot instill character in those who don't already have it. Integrity has to be a consistent core value. But it is the future that is worrisome. Boeing is probably headed in the direction that its flawed management methods have taken it. The loss of integrity plus a lack of investment in the future will finish this company off. DALE HAAKENSON Lakewood, Calif...