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...Houghton’s view that mattered most. Unlike Keohane and Reischauer, he was a veteran of the Corporation. As the senior fellow, he had the reputation and clout to effect change. He had been in touch with Faculty members since early fall, but one individual who spoke with him says he did not realize the gravity of the situation until the final moments, hoping it would not mar what the sources say is likely his penultimate year on the board...
...wintry walks have thawed. Nostalgia is setting in, and I’m beginning to answer the question of what Harvard has done for me. In my last few moments as Harvard student, I’m once again becoming sensitive to our school’s clout. Friends and classmates who commiserated with me about the shortcomings of the curriculum are landing precisely where they want. The future for all of us is still bright...
...taking instead a marathon route via Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam to Latin America. Washington appeared willing to slight Chen to placate Beijing, whose cooperation it needs on everything from reducing the U.S. trade deficit to reining in the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran. Given China's growing clout, the world looks set to become an ever-smaller place for Taiwan
...Bush lacks the political clout he had during the last election cycle when he passed the Medicare drug benefit. After the speech, House Republicans, who have already passed an immigration bill that's all border security and lacking a guest-worker program, felt free to disparage the President. "I'd rather have no bill than a bad bill," said Rep. Peter King, the New York Republican, told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly after the President's speech. Roy Blunt, the House Whip and among the most habitual Bush loyalists, dismissed the plan, saying he had "real concerns" about moving...
...Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, his impatient heir apparent, in last year's election, Blair declared he would quit during this Parliament: effectively no later than 2009. Already half of voters want him to go by the end of the year; 36% say immediately. To prolong his clout he refuses to set a date, and supporters blandly declare that polls can go up as well as down. But the political village at Westminster is so consumed with succession gossip and plots that his authority is fading anyway. Outside Westminster, where it really counts, the mood music is scratchy. "Blair...