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...Common ground was a scarce commodity at Thursday's all-day health care summit in Washington. "Let's talk about some areas where we disagree and see if we can bridge those gaps," President Obama had implored at the outset. But by the end of the session more than seven hours later, it was clearer than ever that the two parties have fundamentally - and irreconcilably - different views of how to go about fixing the nation's health care system...
...anti-five star property is the brainchild of designer Rabih Hage, who, in a heritage building in King's Cross, has created a series of interiors that look as though they were abandoned by their builders. In the tiny ground-floor lounge, a midcentury-modern cabinet holds art books while a huge portrait of artists Gilbert & George hangs above the mantelpiece. Old TV sets and worn furniture lie around. The bathrooms (some shared, others en suite) include both power showers and 1830s wallpaper, unearthed in the renovation and left in all its patchy, uneven glory...
...inspiring, thing: Samiya would not have her new skills if it were not for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. On that day, a Jewish American real estate magnate named Ronald Bruder was desperately searching for his daughter, who worked in downtown New York City, near ground zero. His daughter turned up safe, but the shock and panic stirred him. "I started reading and thinking about the Middle East," Bruder told me recently. "And what I came to was this: if people were gainfully employed, maybe they wouldn't be so angry at us." Bruder began to travel...
...Operation Moshtarak would influence perceptions, among allies and enemies alike, about how the war would be fought - and how the peace would be waged. Managing those perceptions would be key to victory. "This is not a physical war, in terms of how many people we kill or how much ground you capture, how many bridges you blow up," he told reporters in Istanbul on Feb. 4. "This is all in the minds of the participants. The Afghan people are the most important, but the insurgents are [too]. And of course, part of what we've had to do is convince...
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