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...51st state of the United States of America.' BOB BROWN, leader of Australia's opposition Greens party, criticizing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a playful salute he gave U.S. President George W. Bush during the recent nato summit...
...diplomatically. In the fall of 2005, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a union that runs a $850 million pension fund, was trying to figure out what to do about CEO pay - especially at Home Depot, one of its holdings, where then CEO Bob Nardelli was collecting a nearly $32-million pay package for the year, while the company's stock languished. "We had reached a level of frustration because it seemed CEO pay, no matter what we did as activist investors, kept spiraling out of control," says Richard Ferlauto, AFSCME's director of pension...
...special Pulitzer also went to Bob Dylan for his profound impact on popular music and American culture...
...achieved with all the forces arraigned against you? What you have to understand is that the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe is entering a new phase. This is no longer about elections. It's now about the transfer of power. Now, this transition is going to be difficult. Bob [Mugabe] is resisting. But he has no control of parliament. And the election delegitimizes him even among his supporters in the region. Everyone now realizes he is a cheat. How can he be an effective leader in those circumstances? Still, it's very difficult to fight dictatorship with democratic means...
...questions in Zimbabwe is always, what is going on in "Uncle Bob's" mind. What do you make of him? Bob prompts two conflicting emotions. We want to regard him as a father figure, as a liberation hero. But he is also a ruthless tyrant and dictator who has brought economic decay. I think, now, that people will always remember this election. Bob has failed, and he is betraying the aspirations of the liberation struggle. His legacy is being affected...