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Powell says the project "fit with my priorities," but he didn't want to be involved in a fuzzy-headed launch of a feel-good balloon that would simply drift away. "I said no to offers to chair studies, to sit on boards to examine the cities. I wanted concrete goals, a focus on kids, deliverable results and a way to continue beyond the summit." Convinced that Chambers and the other organizers wanted those things as well, he agreed to join Clinton and Bush at a White House ceremony on Jan. 24 to announce the summit...
...hard choice made easier. One of the largest studies yet on treating CLOGGED ARTERIES shows that both balloon angioplasty and more invasive coronary-bypass surgery yield the same quality of life and relief of symptoms for at least five years. One caveat: angioplasty patients may need the procedure repeated...
...exhibit that exemplifies the statement "Less is More." In Jill Reynolds' own words regarding The Shape of Breath, "It's about the three-dimensionality of language and breath--that those things exist in space, that [they are] not just flat text on a page or a cartoon balloon. Language has form and substance also; [it] exists like little bodies also." So make the trek down to MIT and watch as Jill Reynolds and her assistants make language come alive. You might never look at your sourcebook the same way again...
...system than is generally recognized," warned Jeffrey Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management. "We are in a very precarious position because investors' confidence is disconnected from any hard-hitting analysis of what is underlying the economy. Even a small increase in interest rates could puncture the balloon...
Freshman defenseman Matt Scorsune added some comic relief to a depressing game, when he used his hockey stick to knock down a blue balloon which floated over the ice in the second period...