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...afford $44,000 in fees each year (Harvard costs nearly the same) to ensure they develop the easy confidence, posh accent and useful contacts that will guarantee access to the top of British society. At least among many metropolitan commentators, that fed an anti?private school, anti-Eton mood for years. A lot of smart money during the Tory leadership contest in 2005 discounted 39-year-old David Cameron simply because he was an Old Etonian. He had to fight the image: "It's not where you come from but where you are going that counts," he said...
...mood of celebration was shared by Bonnaroo's creators, who voluntarily chose to limit the size of the sold-out event to 80,000 - 10,000 fewer people than last year. "We're committed to making it better every year," explained Jonathan Mayers, a promoter from New Orleans who co-founded Bonnaroo in 2002 around the idea of spotlighting local Southern artists. As Mayers has watched Bonnaroo grow, he and his collaborators have dedicated themselves to transforming the event into a regional mecca that fuses a range of musical styles with technology, media and art. "We want to challenge...
White House Counselor to the President Dan Bartlett calls Gottesman "a walking mood ring," the unquestioned authority on whom the President wants in his limo, what member of Congress he may accept in his office on Air Force One and whether it is wise for a top aide to bring up a particular topic at a particular time. "Blake is so humble and professional that advisers much older than he rely on his advice instead of resenting him," says Reed Dickens, 28, who has filled in for Gottesman...
...some form of coexistence with Israel - not to mention warned that permitting ongoing rocket fire from Gaza was a road to disaster - are now being drowned out by those calling for a resumption of violence. The images of the family destroyed by the Gaza beach explosion have darkened the mood on the Palestinian street, where there is a growing appetite for revenge for Hamas to tap into. And as long as the financial stranglehold over the Palestinian territories persists, the prospects for the more pragmatic element winning the day will become even more remote...
...selective harassment,” the students wrote in the letter—which was published in The Crimson—that “the imminent deportation proceedings...represent a classic case of bending the legal system to suit the prevailing political mood of the day.”For Rouhani, however, the policy did not result in significant difficulties. He recalls going to the immigration office, where hundreds of other Iranian students were lined up, and having his status checked and approved without incident.No Iranian students at Harvard faced deportation, The Crimson reported.444 DAYS IN LIMBO Meanwhile...