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...conflict was sparked by Pentagon decisions on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a state-of-the-art aircraft being built by a consortium of nations led by the U.S. and Britain. Britain has invested $2 billion in the plane's development. But the Department of Defense has refused to allow the British access to the most sophisticated technologies on the JSF, and further insulted the British when it unilaterally decided that it would no longer need an engine for the plane that was to be built in part by Britain's Rolls-Royce. In response, Paul Drayson, Britain's Minister...
...winning new way with a scallop but rather his understanding of how to use his image. Batali constantly projects a sense of capering, slightly naughty joy: at a cooking demo, he rolls up stuffed-eggplant slices and then pretends to lick them like the wrapper around a joint. "Just like we did in the '70s," he says, and the audience cheers. Sometimes he takes the act too far. In Heat Buford quotes a liquored Batali asking one of his waitresses to "take off your blouse" for his table. Batali says everyone understood that he was joking. "It's never anything...
...expected to cover more than 1,500 students—nearly a quarter of the College—in the next academic year, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 and Director of Financial Aid Sally C. Donahue said in a joint interview this evening...
...that the ?Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America? meeting had no major announcements or ?deliverables,? as diplomats call specific accomplishments at such gatherings. Bush held separate hourlong meetings with Fox and Harper, then met reporters briefly afterward but did not take questions. He was saving those for a joint news conference on Friday, before flying to his Texas ranch for a little summitry with his cows...
...approved three years ago hasn't helped matters, since it makes it easier for the U.S. to extradite white collar criminals from the U.K. than vice versa. Adding insult to injury, last month the Pentagon decided to stop using British jet engine technology made by Rolls Royce for the Joint Strike Fighter planes that are still in development - a decision that the British are still heavily lobbying to reverse. With all those tensions brewing, Rice and Straw's personal rapport may be more important than ever before...