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...help that Bush's main enforcers on the Hill are themselves in a defensive crouch. Cheney could find himself a witness in a criminal trial, House majority leader Tom DeLay had to step down to fight indictments for money laundering, and Senate majority leader Bill Frist is under investigation for possible insider trading. The party's ambitious comers are not running as Bush's allies and heirs, and the 2006 campaign promises to be an epic battle. G.O.P. pollster Bill McInturff says the percentage of people who define themselves as "very interested" in the 2006 elections is already...
...budget has ballooned to $200 million, the main actor has lost his star appeal, and a majority of the public has decided in advance they are not interested. No, this isn't a Kevin Costner movie. It's the run-up to next week's special election in California. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is working hard to push through several weighty government-reform initiatives, but the Nov. 8 event could well turn out to be one of his biggest flops: 54% of California voters see no need for the special election, particularly since the initiatives could have been voted...
...Solomon Islands, is not recruiting people whose paltry work skills consist of helping out in the family garden or running a betel-nut stall. Boredom and mischief await those who come to the capital from distant provinces. Social workers and police describe growing alienation and crime. On the main island of Guadalcanal, there's the allied scourge of substance abuse, involving a potent moonshine known as kwaso. With about half the Solomons' population of 525,000 aged under 18, the waste of young lives is - and will remain - one of the country's most urgent problems...
...still weirdness. As much as Kilmer still looks like a movie star--glowing skin, giant teeth, deep green eyes and a velvet Paul Smith suit over a floral-print Paul Smith shirt--the main thing you notice about him is, in fact, his weirdness, although it's of a cool variety. This interview was postponed three days so he could jet to Russia to go to a party with his friend Mikhail Gorbachev, and then an extra two days so he could take a part in a Polish art film. It seems as if his life is in some constant...
...victory, as the Tigers pulled away with a 31-29 win. The second game was a welcome shift from the first in which Princeton dominated the struggling Crimson. “The first game was a bit of a disaster,” Blotky said. “Our main issue was that Princeton was controlling the momentum and controlling the pace of the game, and I think it took us a full game to warm up and get the momentum on our side.” Opening the game ahead 1-0, Harvard found itself quickly down...