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...whether Negroponte succeeds or fails in his new job will depend largely on the force of his personality as well as the strength of his relationship with the President. After the announcement of his nomination, Negroponte returned to the State Department. While grabbing a snack in the cafeteria, he bumped into a fellow ambassador, who complimented him for maintaining the element of surprise until the President was ready to break the big news. "The first requirement of the national director of intelligence," Negroponte deadpanned, "is being able to keep a secret." But unless the officeholder can make sure secrets...
...scene, though moving, makes Turpin's death all the more disquieting because it reminds us that the show is dangling a million dollars in front of young men often from troubled, even desperate, backgrounds. Of course, sports do that too. Call it exploitation or opportunity: they depend on young men--often minorities--who come from little or nothing and are willing to literally fight for a better life...
...rough patches. But "rough patch" hardly begins to describe all the bad news that has battered the agency over the past few months, from the possible suicide risks with antidepressants like Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft to the cardiac risks of pain-killers like Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra. Americans depend on the FDA to carefully weigh the benefits and risks of all drugs before approving them, but the agency has had trouble lately shaking the growing perception, justified or not, that it has been working harder protecting the pharmaceutical industry than the public it's supposed to serve...
...present immigration quotas were set in 1996. This may be bad news for the territory. With a fertility rate of 0.91 per woman, just a third of what it was 30 years ago and the lowest in the world according to the U.N., Hong Kong has come to depend on a steady influx of mainlanders to keep its work force growing. Without these new migrants, the entrepreneurial financial center is in danger of losing its edge. "Immigrants keep the population young and ambitious and help drive Hong Kong's competitiveness," says Dr. Wing Suen, a University of Hong Kong economist...
...club looks for an influx of new membership, its performance will depend on an intricate balance of conflicting schedules, financial resources, and transportation arrangements. But the co-captains said they plan to maintain a relaxed style...