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...nations have been mapping out a careful, incremental plan to stop Tehran. The West's plan is informally known to diplomats as the frog strategy--with no disrespect to the French, who are among its key tacticians. The name refers to the old saw that if you want to boil a frog, you put the unsuspecting amphibian in a pot of cold water. "This time it will be an Iranian frog," says a European diplomat. "The strategy is to heat slowly but steadily and try to keep the frog inside...
...Thursday morning, the war of words between union officials and politicians was on high boil. Michael Bloomberg called the union leaders thugs. Union president Roger Toussaint spat back, railing against the meddling of billionaire politicians who have never had to fight for their retirement. But behind the public volleys, private talks between the union and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) had already come close to an agreement that would get the trains rolling again. Shuttle diplomacy by a few low-profile labor mediators convinced the union to call off the strike, even without a contract, in time...
...Bono's fame that just about everyone in the world wants to meet him--except for the richest man in the world, who thought it would be a waste of time. "World health is immensely complicated," says Gates, recalling that first encounter in 2002. "It doesn't really boil down to a 'Let's be nice' analysis. So I thought a meeting wouldn't be all that valuable...
...SLOW BOIL...
...options boil down to two main themes: fewer dining halls or a limited meal plan...