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Neither did anyone else. The obscure 56-year-old constitutional lawyer is an unlikely savior of his nation. He is calm to the point of boring. He has labored for years in the backwaters of Serbian politics without making much of an impression. As a staunch anticommunist--and a zealous...
Why the secrecy? It's not personal; if you can't find them, neither can antiabortion extremists. The company tries to downplay concern, saying there have been no threats or cause for fear. But its labored history suggests otherwise.
While the candidates labored over the specifics of tax cuts and Social Security, the small details--Bush's nervous smile, Gore's long-winded answers--could potentially sway votes. And in what is potentially the closest race since 1960, it is the smallest things that count.
Before the Gore and Bush camps even entered the picture, however, the commission labored over the basic structure of the debates, beginning with dates and locations.
But who is more fierce and primitive? These aboriginals of the Venezuelan and Brazilian Amazon, stars of Anthropology 101 and beneficiaries of rock-music fund raisers? Or the scholars, filmmakers, journalists and do-gooders who have studied them, publicized them and labored to "save" them for four decades? Last week...