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Pasquarelli says that when he and his partners first proposed the unusual arrangement, they knew they were risking more than their money. They were putting into play their reputation among other architects. "A lot of them would say, 'That's a sellout. You're in bed with the developers, and you're losing your design freedom,'" he says. (Coren jumps in, adding, "They have said that.") But Pasquarelli insists that because they had sunk their own money in the project and stood to gain only if the apartments sold, they won the confidence of their developer partner Brown. They were...
...said she likes to tell a story about three ministers in the Iraqi government she knew very well...
Bill Clinton knew he was walking a fine line in New Orleans over St. Patrick's Day weekend, when his dual roles - philanthropic ex-President and attack dog for his wife's campaign - seemed at odds. "Since my foundation is a 501(c)3, I don't want to be monitored for violation of crossing the line," Clinton told a group of reporters Saturday at Tulane University, where the nonprofit Clinton Global Initiative had just kicked off the first meeting of CGI U, a branch of the organization that encourages college students to get involved in environmental, social justice...
...with the level of violence and the casualties. Anytime your sons and daughters are giving the ultimate sacrifice, that raises a great frustration. But I think there's also a sense of purpose that the global war on terror - that this is a battle in that war - and we knew it wasn't always going to be easy. And if we decided to quit, then we would, in effect, be giving terrorism a victory...
...murky world of Iraq's guerrilla movement. Ali, himself a mainline Mahdi member, says he was taken to Iran for training and, in fact, continues to receive financial support from operatives linked to Iranian intelligence. During his interview with TIME, he did not discuss whether his Mahdi Army superiors knew any of this...