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...price of oil in two years, especially since - as Bush said - oil is "often imported from unstable parts of the world." Bush may describe Iran as a "nation now held hostage by a small clerical élite," but the slow, multilateral diplomacy that has characterized his Administration's approach to the crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions is evidence that there are issues that directly impact the national interests of the U.S. that Washington cannot solve alone. So what are the forces that will shape our uncertain world? Here are some that were on view in Davos...
...picnic benches with his students and played Bach for us in a barn. Today, Haimovitz is still willing to get his hands dirty to help people fall in love with classical music and he makes sure that everyone is welcome. Haimovitz’s approach to his career has been equally unorthodox—he opens his newest album, “Goulash,” with an electrifying adaptation of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir,” then launches into Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s Romanian folk dances...
...absence of a solid drama program spurred Jarecki’s entrepreneurial spirit toward filmmaking. After working in political advertising and visiting Guantanamo Bay during the detainment of Haitian prisoners, he says he decided to try his hand at making politically focused documentaries. Jarecki’s uniquely balanced approach to covering Capitol Hill-related issues is his way of reaching a wide range of young Americans. He says he is asking youth to beneficially influence their government once they are in positions of power and that he hopes college students in particular will...
...Ushering in the new millennium, Detroit approved a new approach to improving the city, as well as its reputation, that was centered on hosting major sports events...
...longstanding rift between the two men is reportedly the result of a clash of styles—Summers’ blunt approach grated against Kirby’s more soft-spoken manner. Yet a working relationship between the dean of the Faculty and the president is pivotal to the dean’s ability to act as an intermediary between the Faculty and Massachusetts Hall. Their personal dispute came to a head last year over Summers’ intervention in the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR)— of which Kirby was chair—a move that many...