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...game of poker, with each side betting it will come out looking smarter when the stimulus' results are discernible. Should California and Florida, two of the states hardest hit by the nation's housing collapse, show improvement by the time the 2010 midterm elections roll around, you can probably expect to see the GOP running more from the center. Moreover, governors like Perry, who faces a strong challenge from Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison next year for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, may look discredited. Should the stimulus fail, however, Perry - who reportedly had considered rejecting Texas' allotment of the federal...
...free admission to Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Institute of Contemporary Art, in addition to the Museum of Fine Arts, which is already free for students. Task Force leader and English Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt said on Friday evening that while he did not expect Task Force recommendations to go forward unhindered by financial troubles, he is pleased that “the University has decided that it will actually embrace this opportunity and move forward.”Faust’s announcements were greeted with frequent applause, but not all audience members were...
...figures. “If we’re not going to get some production out of a few of these guys, its going to be tough for us,” Amaker said. “Jeremy can’t just put everything on his shoulders and expect to carry us to a victory in a game like this.” —Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at twalsh@fas.harvard.edu...
...Europe for a greater share in the decision-making would be a willingness to shoulder a greater share of the burden. While pledging to abide by international rules, fight climate change, engage with the Islamic world and "press the reset button" with Russia, Biden warned that Washington would also expect changes from Europe. "America will do more. That's the good news," he said. "The bad news is that America will ask for more from our partners as well." (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...Nonetheless, there is still hope that Biden's promise to listen marks a change in itself. Ulrike Guérot, of the European Council of Foreign Relations in Berlin, says that by merely pressing the reset button - and not just on Russia - the U.S. could expect Europe both to engage and to develop its own strategic priorities. "Europe will be reluctant to always say yes - and we have different approaches, with some going for more military solutions, some more aid," she says. "But just by embracing Europe as a partner, [the U.S.] will help European countries deliver common answers...