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...also been a major area of interest of mine, going back for the last 15 years, since my time at the World Bank, and it’s a period when Latin America is not getting the attention it should be getting from the U.S., so I was also eager to renew some past connections and be involved in the dialogue about the future of the Americas,” Summers said...
...looking to him to pick up right where he left off this summer: calling games, defending the basepaths, and producing runs in the middle of the lineup. It’s a role Mann has been looking forward to ever since that day in Alaska, and is all too eager to provide...
...ramps, slow lanes, flexible options and respect for all such pathways can't come soon enough for mothers eager to set examples and offer choices for the next generation. Terri Laughlin, 38, a stay-at-home mom and former psychology professor at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, was alarmed a few weeks ago when her daughters Erin, 8, and Molly, 6, announced their intentions to marry men "with enough money so we can stay at home." Says Laughlin: "I want to make sure they realize that although it's wonderful staying at home, that's only one of many...
...preparing to trigger a lockout for many years now," says Ted Saskin, senior director at the NHL Players' Association. The owners are looking for wage cuts (according to the Levitt study, NHL players take 75% of league revenue, compared with 58% in the NBA), although they don't seem eager to cut the jobs of all those goons by eliminating fighting. Still, Davidson hopes the "black eye to the sport" will force the league to confront its precarious situation and "avoid the work stoppage before we lose more people than we can afford...
Coalition officials tout the theory that a thriving middle class will inevitably demand an end to violence and ensure a peaceful democracy. "If you have a job and a home and a cell phone, you'll be a lot less eager to launch attacks," says Tom Foley, an investment banker from Greenwich, Conn., who runs private-sector development for the coalition in Baghdad. His argument may not be proved for years. But the belief that companies can help foster democracy while earning money has been a strong draw for Iraqi emigres. After decades of exile in the U.S., Sabah Khesbak...