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...brief remarks to lead off the rally, Clark called the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy “dysfunctional, counterproductive, and profoundly unjust and unfair...
...awkward moment. Sandy Weill, the world's most powerful banker, came face-to-face with Eliot Spitzer, the toughest cop on Wall Street. Both were among the guests at a Sept. 10 lunch hosted by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion. Their exchange was brief. But Weill, 69, CEO of Citigroup, indicated he was eager to talk about the ugly business that Spitzer, the ambitious New York State attorney general, has been finding in his probe of the financial behemoth. Within days a high-level session followed, and even Spitzer was impressed with Weill's sense...
...forced to act quickly before Yang's untidy affairs made him an international diplomatic problem. So what happens now? Wang Huizhong, a colleague of Yang's in the Sinuiju project office, insists everything "is still proceeding as planned." But it's a fair bet that the flower king's brief reign as chief of North Korea's special economic zone is coming...
...often the case that a dean of anything rises to the rank of hero, here or anywhere else," said Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who said his own brief turn at teaching in the South had been inspired by Monro's example...
...awkward moment. Sandy Weill, the world's most powerful banker, came face-to-face with Eliot Spitzer, the toughest cop on Wall Street. Both were among the guests at a Sept. 10 lunch hosted by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion. Their exchange was brief. But Weill, 69, CEO of Citigroup, indicated he was eager to talk about the ugly business that Spitzer, the ambitious New York State attorney general, has been finding in his probe of the financial behemoth. Within days a high-level session followed, and even Spitzer was impressed with Weill's sense...