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...while the security situation in Iraq has arguably improved, the political side has deteriorated to its worst state of disarray since Maliki took office. U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, speaking to reporters Tuesday in the Green Zone, was blunt in his bleak assessment. "Progress on national level issues has been extremely disappointing and frustrating to all concerned - to us, to Iraqis, to the Iraqi leadership itself," said Crocker, who echoed rising voices of discontent in Washington. "Our support is not a blank check...
...hard enough, we could all be talented. Many school administrators oppose ability grouping on the theory that it can perpetuate social inequalities, but at the Davidson Academy, even the 45 élite students are grouped by ability into easier and harder English, math and science classes. The school poses blunt questions about American education: Has the drive to ensure equity over excellence gone too far? If so, is the answer to segregate the brightest kids...
...fire him," Specter said in an interview with TIME. "Those are their decisions. I don't want them telling me what to do about what I do and what I say, and I'm not going to do it to them. But I can't be any more blunt in my criticism in the way that things have fallen apart." Likewise, when asked if he thinks anything that has emerged in the investigations of the warrantless wiretapping or Gonzales' firing of the U.S. Attorneys could merit impeachment of Bush or the Attorney General, Specter barked out an abrupt laugh. "Certainly...
...famous Friday-night therapy workshops on Manhattan's Upper East Side, influential psychoanalyst Albert Ellis, above, a founder of the now widely practiced cognitive behavioral therapy, shouted obscenities, sang and offered blunt guidance for patients: Forget "god- awful pasts," face fears and change actions. In this way the rebellious author of more than 70 books, including the best-selling Sex Without Guilt, planned to "cure every screwball in New York, one at a time." Starting in the 1960s, when Freudian therapy was the rage, critics attacked Ellis' rational, short-term approach as superficial. Still, the treatment has been shown...
...designed to allow anti-doping experts to perform surprise tests. Rasmussen's departure was greeted with relief by Tour directors, who fretted about how his probable overall victory would reflect on the scandal-rocked Tour's reputation. For much of the race, Rasmussen had been the target of surprisingly blunt accusations by fellow riders and the French media that the Dane's uncharacteristically mighty performances could be attributed to prohibited substances. As the rest of the Rabobank team prepared to continue on with the Tour, the French sports daily l'Equipe ran a full front-page photo of Rasmussen under...