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Lofty phrases belie down-and-dirty reality

Amidst much pomp and ceremonial splendor, with no expense spared, President George W. Bush was installed in his second term today. He marked the occasion with a speech that lays out ambitious — some would say ominously so — intentions of spreading democracy and freedom to unlikely places in the world. As Bush was speaking, [...]