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Summers, speaking at the World Economic Forum, said the emergence of a U.S. economy dependent on imports—and, conversely, the rise of an export-based world economy—will require modification in order to avert a significant economic disruption...
Then-Dean Joseph S. Nye raised enough money to avert the LRAP cuts, but the school’s website still says it “reserves its right to make alterations to the program at any time and at its discretion if necessary due to budgetary constraints...
...barks Borloo, who as France's Employment and Social Cohesion Minister has made revamping the country's blighted banlieues a personal crusade. Borloo insists that demolishing the "invisible but impenetrable walls" separating project residents from suitable housing, functioning public services and jobs is the only way for France to avert a repeat of the violence that wracked the suburbs over the past three weeks. "We need fluidity here," Borloo says. "More banlieues flowing into the towns, and more from the towns gushing out to the banlieues." Though Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin were the most...
...policy in Iraq was leading the country "toward disintegration? and a civil war that could engulf the region. When a reporter asked about his grim prognosis, the Saudi prince replied that he had faith that the Arab League?s efforts to host negotiations among all Iraqi factions might avert chaos. ?My fears which I have expressed earlier are much more eased today than they were at the time that I expressed them,? Saud said softly...
...campus to avoid crossing the union’s picket lines.In his statement, Beckman said that the university will try to minimize the disruption from the strike.“Our classes and activities will go forward,” he said. Union officials said the university administration could avert the strike by coming to the bargaining table.“We can end this at any time if they sit down to negotiate with us,” Valentine said. “The ball is in their court.”—Staff writer David Zhou...