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...little trouble persuading Afghan leaders gathered in Germany to accept the principle of a broad-based government. Then again, everyone at the conference has reason to be especially nice; the prize money for consensus is $20 billio n, the amount of aid the international community has pledged as a carrot to coax the fractious Afghans. The three days of talks that began Tuesday in Koenigswinter are aimed at finding agreement among various Afghan factions over some form of transitional g overnment to replace the Taliban - and avert a slide back into the civil war of the pre-Taliban era. Such...
Circa noon: Lunchtime. We have a whole hour to recover from our grueling sessions of chilling around the pool. I have a nice big turkey sandwich, a bottle of water, a bunch of carrot sticks and some M&Ms. We chat with the mother of one of the child actresses. The girl’s resume is already impressive: professional plays, competitions, sometimes beating out 300 other girls for three spots. Now her mother is considering hiring an agent for other movie and commercial opportunities. I feel as though I have done very little with my 20 years of life...
Keller impresses without trying too damn hard, like some other chefs. He doesn't try to shock with weird juxtapositions, as in Tabasco ice cream. You never think, "Great sauce," at the French Laundry. You think, "Man, that sauce tastes more like ginger-carrot than eating a pound of ginger and carrots." The epiphanies come from finally figuring out exactly what certain foods are supposed to taste like. He refuses to fool you into thinking what's in front of you is more than just food. "I remember my first experience at a three-star restaurant in France...
...Until then, it?s up to Main Street consumers to keep the economy above water. Which would be a much more attractive bet if it didn?t mean that then they didn?t have to keep spending - even more furiously, if possible - just to keep that demand carrot under corporate America?s nose...
...even if the College could penalize rogue departments, Lewis says it would not want to, for fear of hurting students. Carrot-and-stick coercion, in other words, does not work...