Word: breakfasting
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...then ... nothing. The two men met for breakfast. They had a press conference. Bush said al-Maliki was the "right guy" to run Iraq, an endorsement that may sidle into history along with "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" and Bush's recent, full-throated pre-election support for Donald Rumsfeld. Bush also said in a petulant tone that U.S. forces would stay in Iraq "until the job is complete." Afterward, Iraqi and U.S. diplomatic spinners asserted that al-Sadr's name had barely come up in the discussions. That Bush hadn't pushed al-Maliki...
...people matter. Ryan is the kind of person who makes certain that everyone he works with knows how valuable and appreciated their contributions are. Whether you find him in a dining hall late at night (on his second or third Brain Break run) or on his way to a breakfast meeting long before classes begin, he always stops to say hello and ask how your midterm went or what your plans are for the weekend. For Ryan, friendship and leadership are so inextricably bound that it is easy to see why he has become so dedicated to serving his peers...
...result, whatever deal the two men agree in Jordan - they have a dinner meeting Wednesday and a breakfast confab Thursday - it's unlikely that either man has the political clout back home to make it stick...
...breakfast the following morning, Anupam Yog, a consultant at India Brand Equity Foundation, a quasi-government body behind selling India and Indian companies abroad, acknowledged the problems. On a recent visit to Brazil with Singh he was taken by the high crime rates in Brazilian cities. "That's what income disparity can lead to and we need to avoid that here," he says. He agrees that India's success story is still full of qualifications: hundreds of millions still surviving on less than a dollar a day, tens of millions still illiterate and unschooled. "We don't shy away from...
...used to seeing the Four Seasons Amman. That's the site of Thursday's breakfast and news conference for President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and the U.S. networks are sending their news anchors there, ensuring massive coverage of an event that the White House has said is unlikely to produce any major announcement or development. But the White House, which is eager to show that the President is focused intently on Iraq, is welcoming the coverage...