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...often do you come up with a caption that you're pleased with? I think about 10 times I've submitted something and thought I might get a call. The odd thing is, I don't think the ones I've submitted that were selected as finalists were as strong as some that were ignored. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. I'm so happy that three of mine were selected as finalists. The last thing I want is for the New Yorker to say, "That ungrateful bastard...
...Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a political-risk consulting firm. That has led to more domestic spending by the government and attempts to boost Chinese consumers' spending. True, neither is necessarily bad news for foreign firms. It has, however, also meant an increasing reluctance to let U.S. companies call the shots in China. The most visible evidence of this was the denial in March of Coca-Cola's bid to buy juicemaker Huiyuan, but Bremmer says that's just the tip of the iceberg. "The ability of Western companies to do effective business in China over the next five...
...have frightened those who want to frighten you.' NINO BURDZHANADZE, Georgian opposition leader, addressing more than 60,000 supporters who gathered on May 26--a national holiday--to call for President Mikheil Saakashvili's resignation...
...supporter of Governor Palin, which is why he invited her to be the keynote speaker when the event was first announced," said NRCC spokesman Ken Spain. "A great deal of effort has been put into this fundraising event, and Speaker Gingrich has gone above and beyond the call of duty. It is our hope that Governor Palin will attend the dinner and be recognized, but we understand if her busy schedule doesn't permit her to do so." (See pictures of polarizing politicians at LIFE.com...
...Dividing his speech into three “movements”—beginning with light-hearted remarks, followed by “unsolicited advice,” and concluding with a call to arms—and liberally using the quotes of others, a quick-witted Chu urged graduates to follow their greatest passions for the greater good...