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...Jacques Santer of Luxembourg and Romano Prodi of Italy, had left many disappointed and hoping for a new impulse. They're still waiting, more than a year into Barroso's term. Despite his pedigree, he still hasn't been able to stamp his character on Brussels. To an extent, that is understandable; every President of the Commission is a prisoner of his times, and the great transformations of the E.U. - monetary union and the "big bang" enlargement taking in the former communist countries - were a product of the end of the cold war. These are less exciting times, and Barroso...
...roller-hockey games in the Google parking lot--and solemnly idealistic, as when discussing Google's new $1 billion philanthropic arm. Brin and Page are products of Montessori schools and credit the system with developing their individuality and entrepreneurship. They're often accused of being arrogant, but to the extent that they are, it may not be egotism as much as an insistence on doing things their way. (The pair sometimes celebrates big Google milestones by going out to Burger King.) "We've obviously been successful," says Brin. "But there's been a lot of luck...
...Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran with an eye to reigning the current regime in, or more hopefully, encouraging grassroots democracy movements to reassert themselves. Undoubtedly, the U.S. will face resistance from China and Russia, who benefit from favorable oil contracts with Tehran today. To the extent possible—while respecting the autonomy of the Iranian people—the U.S. should assuage Chinese and Russian fears that a new Iranian administration would spell an end to these favorable deals at the profit of U.S. oil interests. Failing support from Beijing or Moscow, the current state of affairs...
...confidence motion to the Feb. 28 Faculty meeting’s agenda, Judith Ryan, the Weary professor of German and comparative literature, is using a tactic from parliamentary systems and applying it to Harvard governance. But if Harvard were to follow parliamentary confidence-vote procedures to their full extent, then Ryan’s motion could cause the dissolution of the Faculty itself. In the United Kingdom and other parliamentary democracies, prime ministers who lose no-confidence votes have two options. “A government cannot operate effectively unless it can command a majority within the House of Commons...
...Even as he contradicted the White House's previous contention that it didn't know the full extent of the Hurricane Katrina damage until Tuesday, Brown's testimony also exposed the two very different tracks of communication that exist inside the Bush Administration. One channel is used by those, like Brown, who are (or at least were) close to the President and have frequent access to his staff; Brown himself had initially gotten to know Bush through his friend and predecessor at FEMA, Joe Allbaugh, Bush's chief of staff as governor and 2000 campaign manager. Another is used...