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...ineffectual. "He was viewed originally as a master tactician, but he hasn't managed to become an integrating figure," says Janis Emmanouilidis, a European integration and policy expert at the Center for Applied Policy Research in Munich. Still, those in member states who detect a mote in Barroso's eye might notice the beam in their own. When it comes to economic policy, the Commission has limited powers; it's the member states who have to do the hard work of passing laws and changing attitudes so that Europe is able to compete globally...
...geek from Michigan who as a boy idolized inventor Nikola Tesla (you know, the guy who developed AC power), has a Muppet's voice and a rocket scientist's brain. Brin, born in Russia and raised outside Washington, is no less clever but has a mischievous twinkle in his eye. When he drops little asides--"Let's make the little windows actually explode when you close them," he tells a group presenting new desktop software--no one seems certain whether to laugh or start writing the computer code. Both men often rise from the conference-room table to pace...
...Keep an eye on sciri during the coming weeks. "[It's] a problem," says a senior diplomat from one of Iraq's neighboring countries. "They want as much power as they can get, which is understandable-but potentially disastrous ... We believe Khalilzad is the best person you have sent to Iraq. He speaks to all sides and doesn't have an ideological agenda. But there may come a time when Khalilzad will need support, when worldwide pressure on the Shi'ite will be necessary...
...perhaps Hamas, if it wants to stay in Russia's good graces, should learn from this pattern. Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder - so if you can view the world through the cross-hairs of Putin's myopic lens, you'll do just fine...
...rolled to the front of the media security-check line, in the wake of widespread speculation about why she was anchoring Today rather than the Olympics coverage. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, an Olympic hero for his handling of the 2002 games, made himself prominent, perhaps with an eye on a presidential race.? The First Lady Laura Bush, who headed the U.S. delegation, was in a skybox near British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie, who objected to having news photographers take her picture. ?Yoko Ono and Peter Gabriel also appeared, and paid tribute to her husband John Lennon...