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...England and Wales, warned the U.S. not to "demean democracy by descending to the standards of those you are trying to defeat." Labour M.P. David Winnick, reflecting the widespread conviction that Bush owes Blair a favor in return for his loyalty during the Iraq war, caught the national mood at Prime Minister's question time: "Put your foot down, Prime Minister!" None of this noise filters back to Camp Delta, where Moazzam Begg, 35, from Birmingham, and Feroz Abbasi, 23, from south London, spend their days in a kind of timeless limbo, residing in dorms...
...more the courtier than the father of self-reliance. His flaws had been on full display in Paris, where his detractors--burning with impatience while the wheels of European diplomacy ground at their stately pace--had had plenty of time to dilate upon them. In an uncharacteristically self-indulgent mood, he grumbled that Congress had shown little appreciation for his services: "But I suppose the present members hardly know me or that I have performed any." His greatest task for his country was a thankless one, though he had been instrumental in negotiating treaties of commerce and alliance with France...
...been so long since we have had an old-fashioned confirmation bloodletting, you could almost forget the foul mood that overtook the U.S. during the fights over Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Washington was so shell-shocked by the Thomas battle that people were intent on turning the next Supreme Court vacancy, in 1994, into a milder affair. And Stephen Breyer's confirmation process proved to be a breeze...
...rescinding the upper-bracket Bush tax cuts, as would the others. But his catastrophic safety net is unique and suggests a universal principle: government should involve itself in only the most serious health-care situations for the most needy people. Unfortunately, neither party seems in much of a mood for a careful discussion of first principles, and a health-care system that is a national disgrace seems in danger of becoming a national disaster...
...workers to start jobs elsewhere in Europe, almost a 9% increase over 2000. Private employment agencies report a surge in interest, too. Over the past 12 months worldwidejobs.de, one of Germany's leading online placement services, registered a 20% jump in page views on its international Internet pages. "The mood is really bad," says Therese Dietrich, head of Berlin's Europa-Job-Center. "People just want to get out." Don't expect this trend to die off anytime soon. "People's willingness to move abroad is going to increase further," says Jürgen Goecke, director of the Bonn-based...