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...have risen to the top of the Vatican hierarchy, Bertone must have had to develop steel under his outward affability. Vatican insiders note that in the new job--for which part of his task is to fend off those who want to derail the Pope's agenda--that thick skin may count more than Bertone's good humor. A Vatican official who has worked with the Cardinal in the past says, "I've never seen him betray his principles--but he's had to do everything just short of it." Adds the official: "He knows how to operate within...
...Well, this is responding, really, to a series of Iranian moves that are dangerous for American interests and dangerous for the international system. TIME Some Arab leaders say they were relieved you didn't make calls for democracy on your most recent trip to the Middle East. Has your agenda changed...
RICE We will definitely continue to press the democracy agenda because we think it's in our interest to do so. I've done it in public. I've done it a lot in private. That will continue to be the cornerstone of our policy because we believe it's the way the Middle East is going to change. Now, that doesn't mean that you can't enlist countries with which you are continuing to press for reform ... in what is also a very clear struggle, a struggle between extremists and more responsible states...
...soul of moderation. And they stayed the course for the next two months. House Democrats refused to replace their No. 2, the moderate Steny Hoyer, with the antiwar Jack Murtha. Speaker Nancy Pelosi emphasized her maternal and grandmaternal qualities as she shepherded through the House a modest and popular agenda of ethics reform, a minimum-wage hike and cheaper drugs for seniors. The Democratic presidential flavor of the month in the shopping season before Christmas was the fresh-faced, not-too-partisan Barack Obama...
...prominence and the fulfillment of its effort to serve society. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard’s academic heart, continues to grapple with fundamental questions of pedagogy and curriculum. Despite some progress, undergraduate education and life remain at the periphery of the University’s agenda. The solutions that the next president brings to these challenges will exert a profound impact on the future of Harvard for generations to come...