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Obama should not be afraid to drop the 4,500 pages of Democratic health legislation. He should commit to work in an open, bipartisan manner on new legislation that would earn public support both for its substance and through the transparent process by which it is crafted. (See pictures of Obama's first year in the White House...
...sonorous, producing a cascading arpeggio of longing notes that caressed the classic tune. Barron interspersed her melody with clear notes, striking the keys to produce an insistent urgency. Barron and Carter weren’t so much in synthesis as symbiosis, each thoughtfully responding to the other in a manner that gripped the entire audience...
...chief operating officer, Mukesh Kumar, insists that the mine will benefit the Dongria - the company will set aside 5% of the mine's pretax profits for a local development agency - and that it has followed all the relevant Indian laws. "Whatever we do, we do in a transparent manner," he says. Yet the Dongria have become a cause célèbre. Bianca Jagger and the British actress Joanna Lumley have taken up their fight. On Feb. 5, Vedanta's opponents got a boost when the Church of England sold its shares, worth $5.9 million, in the company, citing...
Banner is wiry, with a goatee and a quiet, self-assured manner. He is ranked just outside the top 10 surfers vying for the $150,000 prize, but having surfed this windy California point break since he was a teenager, Banner figures he knows Mavericks' moods and furies better than anyone. "I've been humbled out there - really blasted - so I try to respect the wave," he says. (See Hawaii's monster waves and the surfers they attract...
...euro zone had a "shared responsibility" for economic stability and would take "coordinated and determined" action to safeguard financial stability. But Van Rompuy was also stern about what was expected from Greece: it must reduce its budget deficit (which now exceeds 12.7% of GDP) in an "effective and determined manner." Athens now faces stringent oversight as it attempts to balance its finances: after years of receiving dodgy statistics from the Greek authorities, the E.U. is insisting on a direct role in monitoring the nation's recovery plan. And next week, E.U. finance ministers are expected to formally demand the steps...