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...Celebrities in attendance included NBC?s Katie Couric, who was rolled to the front of the media security-check line, in the wake of widespread speculation about why she was anchoring Today rather than the Olympics coverage. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, an Olympic hero for his handling of the 2002 games, made himself prominent, perhaps with an eye on a presidential race.? The First Lady Laura Bush, who headed the U.S. delegation, was in a skybox near British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie, who objected to having news photographers take her picture. ?Yoko Ono and Peter Gabriel...
...which Summers participates. The range of influential figures who signed the letter reflects the widespread consensus that an increased commitment to American innovation should be a national priority, Casey said. Those who signed the open letter include Microsoft President Steven A. Ballmer ’77, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Secretary of State Madeline K. Albright, and the presidents of Yale, Princeton, and MIT. The letter has been in the works for a long time, according to Casey, and was not conceived as a response to the American Competitiveness Initiatives President Bush announced...
...editors: Re “President Romney?” news, Dec 16: Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s announcement not to seek re-election because he had accomplished what he promised is preposterous. Let’s face facts: Gov. Romney is an ambitious man with a mixed record of political achievement who knows he is unlikely to win another statewide election which would scuttle his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Despite three years on Beacon Hill, the governor remains a shrewd businessman and remembers how to hedge his bets. The governor?...
...bemoaned the Square’s loss of character. Unfortunately these foolish people fail to realize that the one thing worse than no restaurants, shops, or clubs is ATM fees.2. December 26. Some may have thought that the last vestiges of Puritanism in Massachusetts were repealed when Mormon Governor Mitt Romney signed a bill allowing for Sunday alcohol sales. They were wrong. The law still prohibits selling on Monday if Christmas is on Sunday. All of you who stayed in the Bay State over the break are suckers. Watch out for December 26, 2011. You’d better stock...
...most recent graduating class took jobs as public employees, many of the school’s alums now hold high-ranking government posts—including President George W. Bush, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, and Massachusetts Gov. W. Mitt Romney...