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...damaged by oversimplification and opacity--her insistence on secrecy, her terrible choice of friends and business partners, her profits in the commodities market (another case of creative naivete), her husband's relentless fudging and lawyering of the truth. She doesn't mention the damage caused by his 1992 military-draft controversy, when Bill Clinton misled the press about receiving his induction papers--the first breach of faith in a disastrous relationship with the media. This is such a long book, and there are so few details. She seems in full flight from the anguish of those years...
...road map in itself was nothing new. What was new was Bush's personal involvement. As his advisers wrote and rewrote each draft, the President steadily increased his engagement with and understanding of the issues. When he publicly backed the text of the road map last December, Bush, who once seemed to want nothing to do with the peace process, became inexorably linked to it. Says a former Administration official: "At first, it was basically the Jordanians saying 'You're going to war in Iraq, and we're going to help you, and we need this to cover...
When Feinstein floated the draft measure, she hit two walls. Trial lawyers hated caps. And doctors said the caps were too high and wouldn't stabilize their malpractice premiums. "There's just no way to proceed at this time," Feinstein says. The House, where Republicans have firmer control, has passed the $250,000 cap Bush wants. But for now, a bill like Feinstein's won't pass in the Senate. She blames the deadlock mostly on doctors who won't compromise. "There has to be a change of heart in the medical profession," she says, "for something to proceed...
High school senior Lebron James caused plenty of eyes to pop when the NBA's top draft prospect scored a reported $90 million seven-year deal with Nike even before playing one game as a pro. But James is not the only teen phenomenon to attract big corporate bucks. The same week Nike settled James' deal, the company reportedly paid $1 million to sign up Ghanaian-born soccer star Freddy Adu, who just turned 14. (Nike will not confirm exact figures.) He has been hailed as the next Renaldo--and maybe even Pele--but for now he's the rising...
...with formulating “criteria to be used in modeling scenarios for new institutional development in Allston...and to raise and respond to critical questions for determining the best way to provide space alternatives for the University’s future growth,” according to the draft of their missions...