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North Korea was hit with a minor setback that had major implications today, as the International Atomic Energy Agency voted to suspend most assistance. Most notable is that China did not overtly oppose the move. Instead, Beijing's representatives abstained, perhaps sending a signal that China would take the same approach when sanctions against Pyongyang are considered by the U.N. in the coming days. In South Korea, the U.S. and Seoul continued to prepare for an all-out North Korean assault that might include a nuclear-weapons attack...
Demong says re-engineering, which will examine areas such as leasing and procurement of services, has already resulted in minor changes...
While we often use the wheel analogy to solve minor problems, it is even more useful to help us achieve major successes. If we can find someone who has achieved the goal to which we aspire, then we can learn what the qualities are that made them successful...
This dark humor translates to the stage much more effectively than the political narrative, which Malkovich renders murkier, overstressing the mysterious deaths of minor figures a dozen or more years after they could have spilled the beans. He relies heavily on video footage, words projected onto screens, rows of chairs suggesting a government hearing, booming sounds and other techniques reminiscent of the Wooster Group. At the center are four beguiling caricatures, three of men whose alleged homosexuality is linked to misdeeds...
Rostenkowski was born into the machine culture; his father Joe was a Chicago alderman and ward boss. After a brief fling at playing minor-league baseball, Dan served in the Illinois legislature before going to Congress in 1959. His wife LaVerne stayed in Chicago, so Rostenkowski commuted home on weekends. But for years he would stop first at city hall to brief Mayor Richard J. Daley on his doings...