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Romano Prodi interrupted an hour-long meeting with Time on Friday to take a call of congratulations from George W. Bush. Two days earlier, Italy's Supreme Court confirmed Prodi's narrow April 10 victory over Silvio Berlusconi for the job of Prime Minister. In his first interview since his victory was sealed, Prodi, 66, talked to Jeff Israely about why the U.S. has nothing to fear and how he plans on keeping his political allies in line. Berlusconi compared himself to Jesus Christ, accused you of being a "front man" and used vulgar language to put down your supporters...
...they were ready to exploit the fact.”The Crimson used its own strong base to keep the margin to two seats after both crews settled into the first 500. Then both crews passed the 400-meter mark, and Navy began steadily accumulating seats to its narrow lead. By the halfway point, Navy stood close to a length up.“When we went to make a move, they made a move that was stronger,” Kauble added.Navy continued to add to its lead in a seat-by-seat fashion over the third 500 meters...
...plate, with two on to retire the side.Matt Vance staked the Crimson to a 2-1 lead in the third inning with a two-run double. HARVARD 1, BROWN 0The most striking evidence of supernatural intervention came on the final play of the Crimson’s narrow victory in the crisp opener. With Harvard clinging to the slimmest of leads and runners on the corners with two outs, speedy Brown center fielder Steve Daniels chopped a high ground ball up the middle. The ball ricocheted off the glove of pitcher Shawn Haviland and fortuitously bounced over to Stoeckel...
...huge picture window in Pinker’s office offers him a panoramic view of Harvard’s spires and cupolas. At MIT, where Pinker taught for 21 years, he says he spent most of the time in an office that had only a narrow slit for a window...
...think about a Wal-Mart Bank with ATMs, branches and tellers. Jane Thompson, who would be chairman of Wal-Mart Bank, says the new bank would have a "very narrow role." Currently, every time a customer swipes a credit or debit card, Wal-Mart pays a fee to a bank for watching over the money for those few seconds as it moves between the customer's account and Wal-Mart's. By using its own bank, the company will save fractions of a penny on each transaction, yielding $5 million to $10 million a year, which it says...