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...feel much freer in the classroom now, and I’m more inclined to let the literature—especially the poetry—speak a good deal for itself, in conversation with my students. For this to happen, one needs very fine students. Bright, yes. But also with considerable ability to understand human beings and experience, since reading literature requires that—a good ear, a relish for words and rhythms and a feel for syntax...
When he's not traveling the world for Citigroup or fly casting for bonefish in the Bahamas, Rubin, 62, is working at a new way of promoting freer trade. Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, Rubin and former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein will lead a bipartisan discussion of how to build a centrist agenda for expanding global trade--and how market-opening treaties might accommodate or neutralize conflicting interest groups...
...main story consists of two parts. One is domestic. At home, a familiar drama is unfolding. It is propelled by the "contradictions," to recall the Marxian vernacular, between a frozen power structure and the uncontrollable dynamics of an ever-freer market...
...full well the benefits that can flow from trade liberalization - the value of Canadian trade with Latin America and the Caribbean has nearly trebled in the past 10 years. And the benefits do not stop there. With our partners and friends in the hemisphere, we understand the connection between freer trade, prosperity and social progress. We also recognize that to achieve lasting prosperity we must do more to promote equality of opportunity, protect our environment and create conditions in which the rights of workers are respected and the benefits of growth may be more equitably shared...
Many executives harbored similar fears about the NAFTA treaty, but it has delivered far more opportunities than disruptions. That's the strongest argument that proponents of freer trade will bring with them to Quebec City...