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...Baucus, whose Finance Committee has always been integral to figuring out how to pay for health-care reform. But it wasn't initially clear that he was the ideal point man for the overall effort. "People had been concerned that [Baucus] was not as knowledgeable about the full breadth of health care," says Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, which has been at the forefront of the drive for health-care reform. "But he's there. He understands the contours of the debate. He understands the nuances involved. He's pushing everybody at a relentless speed. Without...
Down in Mexico, the administration of President Felipe Calderón accused the U.S. of being hypocritical and protectionist. It has a strong case. Under NAFTA, Mexican trucks were meant to be roaming some U.S. roads in 1995 and the width and breadth of the whole country by 2000. However, successive U.S. administrations could not say no to Teamster complaints that Mexican trucks were not fit for the interstates. Finally, both sides agreed on the pilot program to break the deadlock...
While painting India's potential with broad rhetorical strokes, Nilekani achieves an impressive breadth nonetheless. He sketches an overwhelming list of sociocultural hurdles from the political legacy of Nehru-era socialism to education, the deeply entrenched caste system, and urbanization. But his reliance on platitudes and wide-eyed optimism is cogent only to a point: the hows are lost in the dust of repetitive hopeful declarations ("a different type of moment seems to be upon...
...respecting the old-world tradition embedded in British society.Fueling their taste for literature, self-expression, and the corruptible purity of art, Hector declares, “Forget Oxford! Forget Cambridge!” only minutes into the first act. He demands instead that they memorize literature and use that breadth of knowledge as a means to defy all that society expects of them. “You give them an education. I give them a way to resist it!” Hector explains to his fellow teachers.Fascinated by Mr. Hector’s teachings is Mr. Irwin (played...
...Bell, Murray went to the Lawrence Livermore National Labs in 2004, a nuclear security laboratory managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy.Her years of experience in both positions have given her a “unique breadth of experience” in managing both research and industrial labs, Capasso said. “She is a world-class scientist, capable of managing from basic science and applied research to talking to business units and handling communications,” he added.Murray is a member of the National Academy...