Word: missions
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Some of his targets were old reliables like Bill Clinton, fresh from his diplomatic jaunt to North Korea. ("We need to bring two hot Asian chicks back from North Korea in a private jet," said Smith, imagining the genesis of Clinton's recent mission. "Who should we get?") He delved into the economic crisis, pinpointing the bitter irony of banks' having to declare bankruptcy ("How do you f___ up your only job?"). And he waded fearlessly into perhaps the most treacherous satiric waters of all: the new resident of the White House. (See TIME's history of stand-up comedy...
...Shwe, though not an official visit, may signal a shift in U.S. policy. Earlier this year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged that U.S. sanctions have done nothing to moderate the junta's behavior, in part because nations like China and India have poured investment into Burma. After his mission, Webb told reporters, "Isolation is only preventing [Burma] from developing economically and politically...
...recent days, there has been much discussion of Kennedy’s bipartisan friendships and ability to work across the aisle. Yet in this celebration of bipartisanship we should not forget that Kennedy’s bipartisanship always served his liberal values and fulfilled his mission of helping those most in need. In the 1990s, he twice worked closely with Republican senators to pass major health care reforms, first with Nancy Kassenbaum to ensure the portability of health care for workers changing jobs, then with Orrin Hatch to pass the groundbreaking State Children’s Health Insurance Program...
...professor who oversees CEP, said that his unit’s clientele would now expand beyond low-income clients, and that CEP will be renamed the Transactional Law Clinics to reflect the broader mandate. McArdle said that moving CEP did not detract from LSC’s core mission of poverty law. “Obviously economic development is important to the community, but it’s a different mission than, say, helping someone stay in their home,” McArdle said.Dealy, the assistant dean, said that the decision to move the four clinics was also driven...
...associate director of the Harvard CFAR and a professor of health sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health. The Harvard CFAR is managed by the Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH), an interfaculty initiative of the President and Provost’s Office. “Broadly, our mission is to train and educate the next generation of global health leaders and generate new knowledge that leads to addressing the major challenges facing the world in global health,” said Thomas A. La Salvia, executive director of HIGH. By connecting Harvard researchers from different schools...