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...Harper era's success may depend on Harper's ability to muster the passion and conviction to sell his vision of Canada's future to an electorate that gave him a mixed-message mandate. That's a tall order for an intensely private man who once hated even the thought of public life and who still lends himself to easy caricature. He allowed photographers to follow him as he walked his two children--Benjamin, 9, and Rachel, 7--to school near the opposition leader's house at Stornoway, only to attract titters from Canadian sophisticates at the pictures...
...would think a scandal - scarred party might be clamoring for change, but of the three candidates vying to be the next House majority leader, it's the one who stands for continuity who seems to be the favorite. "We need some new vision at the leadership table," says Kentucky Representative Anne Northup, but one question is, How new? The candidates for the old job of the indicted Tom DeLay are Roy Blunt of Missouri, the current majority whip; John Boehner of Ohio; and John Shadegg of Arizona. Blunt has positioned himself as the one who can move the G.O.P. agenda...
Every immigrant has a double identity and a double vision, being suspended between an old and a new home, an old and a new self. The very notion of a new home, of course, is in a sense as impossible as the notion of new parents. Parents are who they are; home is what it is. Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe. Home is one's birthplace, ratified...
...Hamptons, like much of the U.S., had a very different relationship to illegal immigrants 30 years ago. Back then, Coria was one of only a handful of Spanish-speaking immigrants who lived in the area. His blend of industry, attention to detail and, eventually, confidence in his vision as a landscaper made him a hit with the wealthy Hamptonites. One family liked him so much that they had their personal attorney help him apply for legal residency. But even after he was legal, he still found it tricky being gardener to the rich and famous. He is fond of recalling...
...picture quality are the same for both, yet Sprint's streaming channels aim toward a future that Verizon seems to be ignoring. The truth is, for the first time in years, Sprint customers have reason to feel good about their carrier. That is, provided they live in a Power Vision service area, can get their hands on a phone like the Samsung a900, and are willing to pay the extra Power Vision fees...