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...cadre of leftist activists. Outside speakers—like President Ahmadinejad at Columbia, Mohammed Khatami at Harvard, and the plagiarizing former professor Ward Churchill at Hamilton College, although the last was ultimately cancelled—contribute nothing but the universities’ effective condemnation of American foreign policy. Universities demand and expect academic freedom, by which they mean freedom to make unrelated and extremist political statements...
...fall poll, adding "I think it's very unlikely that [an election] will happen in the next period. I think the important thing is that we get on with the business of change in this country because people do want change and I'm responding to that demand...
...Demand has never been greater. "The wealthy population is increasing faster than ever before," says Milton Pedrasa of the Luxury Institute, a ratings and research firm. "These people want vacations with unmatched personalized experiences that only a yacht charter can provide." Yacht companies are reporting a massive increase in rentals. "Our charter business has tripled over the past five years," says Jillian Montgomery, CEO of Camper & Nicholsons, which sells yachts and manages charters for boat owners. Among the hottest rentals are mega-yachts: those personal islands ranging in size from 150 ft. (45 m) to 500 ft. (150?...
With the interest in yachts rising, there is an offsetting demand developing for new marinas. Andrew Farkas, ceo of Island Global Yachting, is building super-luxe yacht ports in places like Dubai. "My new marinas will be the perfect places to park your yachts," Farkas says. They'll have restaurants, private-jet services and Bulgari stores (in case you need a new diamond bauble). Anything less is merely a dock...
...hopes of reversing Iran's nuclear program on the basis of current policies remains remote. U.N. sanctions adopted until now have failed to force Iran to suspend uranium enrichment, and new moves by Tehran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency - though falling far short of the demand by the U.S. and its allies for an end to enrichment - have postponed discussion of further sanctions. The option of military strikes to stop Iran's nuclear activities, while kept "on the table" by the Administration - and loudly championed by its more hawkish associates - remains prohibitive in light of the uncertain...