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...American military power far overshadows that of any other ! ally: indeed, U.S. defense spending ($289 billion last year) is more than half the size of Britain's entire gross domestic product ($547 billion in 1986). But in economic matters, the crippling U.S. budget and trade deficits cause America to appear as a supplicant rather than a confident leader. The $170 billion shortfall in trade last year made the U.S. the world's largest debtor nation. A Western diplomat in Venice said bluntly, "The strategy of the U.S. at the summit does not take into account its declining economic power...
Glaeser explained that George asked a good friend of his to paint pieces that related to his song titles; these works appear in the exhibition...
...Boston Globe reported last month that Faust was close to making an appointment, and it listed Nabel and Reisman Professor of Medicine Jeffrey S. Flier as top candidates for the job. However, according to the statement, Faust determined that it "did not appear feasible" to appoint a permanent leader for the school so close to July 1, when the new dean would have to take over...
Belgium may appear to outsiders as a good example of ethnic power sharing, but the last time the French-speaking Walloons supplied the country's Prime Minister was in 1978. So, in Sunday's national elections, they are itching to smash the Flemish grip on the top job. A victory by the leading French-speaking candidate, Elio di Rupo, would make history not only because of his language, but as Europe's first openly gay Prime Minister. As leader of the Socialist Party (PS) in Wallonia - and also the region's minister-president - Di Rupo, 55, is the heavyweight...
...four months as UC president, Petersen has established something of a new paradigm for student leadership and advocacy. Repeatedly raising the stakes and only pulling back when concessions from the University appear imminent, the Quincy House junior has promoted undergraduate interests indefatigably, stridently, and often successfully...