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...Getting the Small Things Right Sometimes in diplomacy, the small things matter the most. In early March, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart a "reset" button intended to symbolize the U.S. desire to "reset our relationship." Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov looked at the gift and smiled. "You got it wrong," he said in perfect English. On the button was "peregruzka," which means overcharge or overload. Oops. Just days earlier, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had visited the White House bearing rarefied gifts: a first-edition biography of Winston Churchill and a penholder carved from the timbers...
...ever beaten NYU at NYU in my career. They came out to play and they played really well.”With the Violets taking a highly-contested first set, 30-28, the Crimson looked to rebound in the second set. Harvard gained an 8-5 lead over its counterpart after a kill by Weissbourd and consecutive attack errors by NYU. Just moments later, however, NYU junior hitter Michael Ferragonio carried his team right back with two consecutive kills to give NYU a slim 16-15 advantage. The two teams would trade points until a block by freshman Luke Hamlet...
...American sports landscape is as crowded as ever, so it's hard for any new entity, no matter what the sport, to carve out its place. Second, soccer in the U.S. has waged an epic losing struggle for market share as a spectator sport. The male pro counterpart, the 13-year old Major League Soccer, is growing steadily, but as a niche player. Third, women's pro leagues such as the WNBA have really struggled to sustain themselves. In fact, soccer tried a women's league earlier this decade, and it shut down. (See pictures of women's World...
...reduce U.S. narco-demand, cut off weapons-smuggling into Mexico and lasso more of the billions of dollars heading to the drug cartels. "This is a supply issue and it's a demand issue," said Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary and former Arizona governor. Clinton's seemingly surprised Mexican counterpart, Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa, conceded the plan was "consistent with our bilateral relation in fighting organized crime." (Vote on Clinton in the TIME 100 poll...
...things that student government can do—what students want improved at the cafeteria for example, and trying to be better about communicating that to the administration.” The Law School’s student government has in the past maintained a lower profile than its counterpart at the College, the Undergraduate Council. But over the past year the student government has worked closely with the administration to help begin the implementation of various reforms ushered in by Dean Kagan, said Dein. Staying in touch with student concerns and communicating them to the administration will...