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...Paris. "Tragically for America, meanwhile, now that stability and order is starting to be imposed, the Iraqi leadership is increasingly defining and evolving itself in opposition to what the U.S. wants or demands. That's unfair, given the military sacrifice America has made, but it will be a boon to European diplomats and businesspeople over time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europeans Who Sat Out the Iraq War Now Line Up for Its Business | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...Ehrlich added that he thought his new coach’s age would be a boon...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Frazier Named Strength Coach | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...Ehrlich ’09-’10 and a few other players were on Harvard’s team at the same time Frazier was playing for Brown, Ehrlich said. But Ehrlich added that he thought his new coach’s age would be a boon. “I think it will be good to have a young strength coach who is hungry to learn,” he said. “We are pleased to welcome James to our community,” said Scalise in a Harvard Athletic Communications announcement...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard Names New Strength and Conditioning Director | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...easy to view Daschle’s withdrawal as a boon for the Obama administration and a strong symbolic stand against corruption. Robert Reich, for one, praised it as a sign of “no tolerance” for “the way things used to be done.” But with Senate Finance chairman Max Baucus expressing doubt that health care reform will happen in 2009, Daschle’s departure will in all likelihood perpetuate “the way things used to be done” in the American health system. And when said...

Author: By Dylan R. Matthews | Title: To Your Health? | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

...Ledbetter bill, while well intentioned on its surface, is really a boon for trial lawyers, which dramatically broadens their ability to file lawsuits, regardless of how frivolous or whether their clients even personally experienced discrimination." -Explaining his vote against the Fair Pay Act designed to ensure equal compensation for both sexes. Nashua Telegraph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commerce Secretary Judd Gregg | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

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