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...Sept. 23 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election approaches. Aso is pegged as a tough-talking hawk, Fukuda a diplomatic dove. But both are products of a political system dominated not by people with the right ideas, but by people with the right names. "Second- or third-generation politicians tend to learn the techniques of the family business," says Hirotada Asakawa, a Tokyo-based political analyst, "without having any strong passions about what they want to do for the country...
Judging from the statistics, Michaels' fans aren't hard-bodies - not yet, anyway. More than 75% of visitors to her site are women between the ages of 25 and 54, who tend to live in America's heartland where residents count Cracker Barrel, Shoney's and Dairy Queen among their most frequented eating establishments...
...Each school is typically in charge of raising its own funds for financial aid—part of Harvard’s “every tub on its own bottom” philosophy. As a result, schools whose graduates tend to go on to more lucrative careers have more robust financial aid programs...
...become Prime Minister of Fiji. He was promptly deposed. For the indigenous nationalists who led the 2000 coup, the descendants of the sugar-cane laborers brought from India in the late 19th century are not true Fijians and never can be. For all the laments about the coup, outsiders tend to think the same way. Four in 10 Fijians are Indian, but their culture isn't part of the nation's image. The postcards leave them...
...chairman receives a small salary from Minsk, but he provides very little in the way of governance, preferring instead to tend to his own affairs such as constructing a new barn on his property, while leaving residents to resolve disputes amongst themselves...