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...powers including, crucially, Iran, Pakistan and Russia, have signed on, keeping them on board may prove tricky. Once the loya jirga is convened, the real horse trading will begin. Says a senior U.N. official: "This is where we want the U.S.'s new engagement and immense power applied--to lean on the neighbors to pull in the same direction. Any one of them could mess...
...powers including, crucially, Iran, Pakistan and Russia, have signed on, keeping them on board may prove tricky. Once the loya jirga is convened, the real horse trading will begin. Says a senior U.N. official: "This is where we want the U.S.'s new engagement and immense power applied?to lean on the neighbors to pull in the same direction. Any one of them could mess...
...Symphony; of bone-marrow cancer; in New York City. Nygaard's sweeping knowledge of music gave rise to innovative, widely admired concert programs, often featuring works by Mozart (such as Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter," for which the orchestra was named). Nygaard raised money for the symphony himself; during one lean period, he paid each of his musicians with subway tokens and a book of sonnets...
...Washington can do a lot to see that this bailout goes a long way. It can stipulate that airlines demand pay cuts from their unions and concessions from plane manufacturers, and it can lean on banks to keep the loans flowing. It can also pass legislation sponsored by John McCain that imposes mandatory arbitration of labor disputes, removing the threat of crippling strikes from the unions? hand and keeping labor costs manageable. It could even get tougher on salaries than the feckless two-years-no-executive-raises condition imposed on the first $5 billion payout. (CEO Stephen Wolf of already...
...leave. But another faction holds that Russia has already lost some of its Central Asian possessions, and instead of trying to hold on against the tide should be cooperating with the Americans to advance Russian interests on a range of other fronts. President Vladimir Putin is believed to lean more to the latter view. And Russia's own interest in toppling the Taliban, manifested in its long-term support for the opposition forces, has made it more gung-ho than most allies on pressing for Western military action...