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...working together. Rice stressed that, while the mullahs' human-rights record is "abysmal", military force is not in the offing, for now. But she didn't offer the explicit support for the negotiations the Europeans want. Next up: the European Union's plan to lift the arms embargo on China. Washington hates the idea, but the ending of the "bizarre and obsolete" embargo "has been announced and will materialize," one French diplomat told Time. The U.S. has also rejected the British-led effort to forgive much of the developing world's debt. Even Iraq could come back to haunt...
...course, Sunday's touching election-everyone in politics and the press is required to pause and praise the Selmaesque bravery of Iraqis going to the polls-helped lift Bush's rhetoric. Imagine if Sunday had been raw carnage and Bush's new head speechwriter, Bill McGurn from The Wall Street Journal, was left trying to do a Gettysburg-style elegy, making sense from the blood spilled and rallying Americans to go on? But it wasn't just the post-election glee that animated Bush. It's who he is now. The push for freedom was compelling, riveting. And when Bush...
While it was overall disappointing dual meet for both the Harvard men’s and women’s track and field teams, there were many highlights that helped lift the teams’ spirits in this weekend’s meet against Cornell and Brown at Gordon Track and Tennis Center...
...unit. For example, P&G holds demonstrations in stores and homes to teach recent Hispanic immigrants the advantages of Bounty's "Quicker Picker Upper" paper towels vs. the sponges and rags with which many were raised. Bounty's Hispanic market share has jumped some 10%. "[P&G] won't lift a finger without talking to a customer, without finding out exactly what a customer wants," says Felipe Korzenny, a Hispanic-marketing professor at Florida State University and a consultant for several FORTUNE 500 companies. "They've just done it better than anybody else...
...game. The thrust of Alexander's argument is that because Federer's shotmaking from the baseline is so preposterously good, he can be a little lazy about advancing to the net for the quick kill. "It's not making any difference at the moment, but eventually his opponents will lift," says Alexander, who nominates world No. 3 Lleyton Hewitt as having the tireless counterpuncher's game that might conceivably burn a complacent Federer. (Hewitt, the great local hope to become the first Australian since 1976 to win his national title, has lost his last six matches against the world...