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...president of the Blackstone Group, and Agnes Gund, former president of the Museum of Modern Art. And HBSCNY had no intention of holding on to the extra cash. “We are not a foundation,” Marcus explained. “The agreement was that any excess funds would be given to educational non-profits in New York City.” The club, which claims 13,000 HBS alumni as members, will make the donations official at a ceremony to be held at their 5th Avenue location at 4:30 p.m. today. The five non-profit...
...Overhearing Katumba from the next table, Peter Gaehler raps his cane on the floor and erupts. "These foreigners come here and abuse our social system! Half of them don't speak our language," says Gaehler, 78, as several nearby people listen in and nod in agreement. "Why should we give them passports...
...Getting an agreement meant resolving squabbles, often driven by weak national governments trying to score domestic political points, over numerous obscure protocols, declarations, opt-ins and opt-outs. Among the arcana: How exactly does one count seats in the European Parliament? How much power should national parliaments have to trump legislation at the E.U. level? And can a member state freeze unfavorable legislation even if outvoted by its counterparts...
...wait 45 minutes at an Oct.12 meeting in Moscow, only to have Putin stride in and mock the missile shield. "We may decide someday to put missile-defense systems on the moon," he said, "but before we get to that, we may lose a chance for agreement because of you implementing your own plans." Rice was restrained in response, as she long has been in public responses to Putin, in part because the U.S. is still lobbying for Russian support--on Iran...
Bhutto, as leader of the country, would do little to inspire an unpopular war against fellow Muslims that is largely seen to be at the behest of the United States, say analysts. A superficial power-sharing agreement does little to solve Pakistan's fundamental problems. Those who take the long view say the best solution would be a true representative democracy that evolves from the will of the people rather than by cynical backroom deals. "We are on an irreversible path to constitutional democracy," says Nasim Zehra, an Islamabad-based Security analyst and fellow at the Harvard University Asia Center...