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...what happened to the bitter divisions of 2003? "Everybody's moved beyond that," said a senior U.S. official. Now, he said, the international community was united in looking "forward to the future" - and in terms of the formal proceedings at the conference, at least, he was right. The term "shared values" was bandied around so much it seemed that Davos had become one giant undergraduate ethics seminar. Cheney caught the mood perfectly. A man whom, a year ago, many in Davos thought had horns and a tail, came across as nicely self-deprecatory. In a notably conciliatory speech...
...role of First Lady has become a near formal part of our political system. She picks an issue to be her own, or White House strategists pick it for her, and that issue gets serious attention and money. In every recent presidency there has come a moment when the press discovers or decides that the First Lady wields surprising power. She moderates her husband's tendency toward extremism. Or she stokes his ideological fires. Whatever. To the public, she seems adoring and deferential. But upstairs in the White House it's a different story...
...crowd, which included several Cambridge city councillors and state politicians, was dressed in a mix of conventional formal wear and traditional African clothing...
...Caring for the Harvard Community” events were optional and members of the teaching staff receive no formal, mandated training about how to help students concerned about their mental health...
Founded in 1998 by Eric Adler, 39, and Rajiv Vinnakota, 32, two former management consultants, SEED--its formal name is the Schools for Educational Evolution and Development--is a charter school, which means it receives public funds but operates independently of the school system. Tuition is free for its 310 male and female students in Grades 7 through 12. It is perhaps one of the most innovative and expensive experiments in educating low-income students...