Word: broker
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...Gartenberg, 35, a commercial real estate broker with an office on the 86th floor of 1 World Trade Center, kept calling his wife Jill to let her know he was O.K. but trapped. "He let us know he was stuck," says Jill, who is pregnant with their second child. "He called several times until 10. Then nothing. He sounded calm, except for when he told me how much he loved me. He said, 'I don't know if I'll make it.' He sounded like he knew it would be one of the last times he would say he loved...
...himself as overseer of defense and foreign policy portfolios, and sits in on the weekly lunches held by Rice, Rumsfeld and Powell. Lately his health and domestic issues have pulled Cheney back some. Despite his unilateralist outlook, White House aides say, the President still sees Cheney as an "honest broker," without the institutional agenda of Powell or Rumsfeld, which earns him a higher level of trust. Bush is said to admire and respect his Secretary of State. But when Bush doesn't know the issues, he falls back on personal relations. Powell was not a close adviser before Bush...
...himself as overseer of defense and foreign policy portfolios, and sits in on the weekly lunches held by Rice, Rumsfeld and Powell. Lately his health and domestic issues have pulled Cheney back some. Despite his unilateralist outlook, White House aides say, the President still sees Cheney as an "honest broker," without the institutional agenda of Powell or Rumsfeld, which earns him a higher level of trust. Bush is said to admire and respect his Secretary of State. But when Bush doesn't know the issues, he falls back on personal relations. Powell was not a close adviser before Bush...
...boycott of the racism conference actually helps Israel in the long run. Israel needs the U.S., but it needs a U.S. that's a credible mediator in any future revival of the peace process. And right now, the Bush administration is hardly burnishing its image as an "honest broker." Moreover, while it has eschewed President Clinton's hands-on refereeing role, the administration may have defaulted to a knee-jerk support for Israel and enmity towards the Palestinians that will be bad for both Israel...
...rule are suspicious of anything that smells like compromise. While CANF leaders counseled moderation, a coalition of exile groups vowed to mount a vigorous protest against the presence of the Cuba-based musicians at the event - and despite the efforts by Mas Santos and other younger leaders to broker a compromise, the planned protests ultimately spooked the Grammy organizers into baling out. The decision, which cost Miami's tourist industry some $35 million in lost revenues, was the worst possible outcome for the CANF. Not only had the imbroglio forced a damaging political split in the organization, the ultimate decision...