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Annan's predecessors as U.N. Secretary-General--Kurt Waldheim, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali--were a gray parade of deliberately inoffensive floats. But Annan, in his three years on the job, has shown himself to be a brass band of hope, ideas and energy. His critics fault the slow pace of reform he has brought to the U.N. They argue that even armed with a management degree from M.I.T., he is badly overmatched by the U.N.'s thick bureaucracy. But mostly they chew away at his idealistic, moral world view. The U.N. continues to have its problems...
...Museum of Modern Art in New York City are striking to raise the base pay from $17,000 to $20,000 and retain medical and other insurance benefits. The strikers have the support of prominent artists (like Sol LeWitt) and filmmakers (like Steven Spielberg). But the MOMA brass remain firm. "We think we've given a generous offer, and we're competitive with others in the field," a spokeswoman says...
...However there were several rather salient points which appeared to have eluded the GOP brass (and the GOP strings for that matter...
After the landing, he peers out the window at some military brass and a few aides who are waiting to receive him. The Mercedes is there on the tarmac too. Saying goodbye, he goes into the cockpit to thank the pilots for the safe trip and then bounds down the steps. Within seconds he's behind the wheel again and spinning into town...
...should I say, why they were canceled. As both Salon brass and writers agreed, the decision was a matter of "page views," the number of viewings of each article, tracked by software. Page views are to online publishing what Nielsen ratings are to TV, but far more accurate, down to the last eyeball. They're also called "hits," and it's no small coincidence that the Web community shares the term with the crack-smoking community. Knowing what topics draw the big numbers is just as addictive and, potentially, every bit as toxic...