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...though it wasn't the President's turn for the limelight, attendees couldn't help but throw some admiring words his way. Hancock called himself "a fan." Baryshnikov said, "Obama is great," and added, "We all have to support him." "Oh, I love him," said Black. "He's very approachable...a very kind and thoughtful...
Such a command-and-control regime is a long way off, and may never happen - especially if cap and trade is finally passed. But with the most important environmental summit in history kicking off, the EPA's news couldn't come at a better time for greens. "Every positive announcement will improve our chances of staying below the 2°C target," said Danish Minister Connie Hedegaard, who is presiding over the Copenhagen summit. "But we all know only too well, we are not there...
...paperwork would have taken years so they were forced to circumvent the rules. But there were other infractions. Local regulations specify that foreigners can only work in jobs that locals cannot perform and that they must be able to speak either English or pidgin. Most of the Chinese workers couldn't speak a word of either language...
President Barack Obama's tour of china was an exercise in awkwardness, micromanaged and tightly controlled by a host intolerant of spontaneity. His meeting with Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao was, to put it kindly, stilted. Flash forward a week to the lawns of the White House and the difference couldn't be more palpable. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the guest of honor at the first-ever official state dinner in the Obama era, was feted in an atmosphere of easy conviviality, surrounded by a bubbly cast of celebrities and power brokers who toasted the bonds between the world...
...When we began mastering at Mather in 1993, we couldn't possibly have imagined the great adventure and deep pleasure that this work brings,” they wrote. “Over the past 18 years, we have experienced over and over again the uniqueness of Harvard's residential system, and the benefits it brings to all its members. It has been for us a privilege and a joy to live in this House and share its great spirit...