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...confusion, because of the feelings that she's feeling but maybe she's not showing because she's a person in the CIA. I found it much more layered than I had ever imagined it." She also had to talk herself into being authoritarian. "I had to bolster myself to believe I knew what...
...probably shouldn’t have been surprised when Bush failed to make an appearance, even considering that it was an election year. I did think that he would be hungry for opportunities to bolster his campaign, or at the very least buff his public image a bit before the voting booths went up. What I forgot to factor in was the reality that what attracts the media, and voters in turn, determines what politicians emphasize in their quests for popularity. And who was I kidding? Bright, enthusiastic, cancer-curing, symphony-composing 18-year-olds don’t usually...
...Says Lu Xinyu, marketing manager of drug-maker Beautiful Pearl Group, "I can't imagine how vicious the competition will be." - Matthew Forney/Beijing Floating On Air Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based independent broadcaster, is weighing a public offering on Doha's stock exchange within two or three years. To bolster its appeal to viewers and investors, an English-language version is planned as well as new documentary and children's channels...
...gradually unfolding drama. As the campaign was just getting under way, Jefferson wrote to a Virginian in France, William Short, that Americans would acquiesce to the will of the majority. Jefferson probably exaggerated his confidence in that fact, in hopes that Short would show the letter around Europe and bolster the perception of the U.S. as a smoothly running republic. By February 1801, when he wrote to his son-in-law, the race had taken an unexpected twist. He had bested John Adams, but now Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, were tied with 73 electoral votes apiece...
From phone calls with top Washington officials to front-page coverage in the national media, Summers has made waves, trading on the Harvard name to plug an agenda that he says will bolster the University’s standing and, in turn, his own public image...