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...Dollars are a surrogate for worth," says Feinberg, leaning back in his chair before bouncing forward again on the next sentence. "So when you start talking about dollars, what people hear is a ruling on their overall integrity and value to society. It gets difficult...
Plopping down next to a couple who were already engaged in a conversation, FlyBy did what we do best: eavesdrop. The guy was asking the girl what had motivated her to attend the event. “Oh, my friend pressured me into it,” she said. Funny. That’s what they...
Like at any other speed-dating event, conversations were limited (only 3 minutes long), and participants were supposed to check off the names of individuals they were interested in. A guy and a girl who checked off each other would be notified the next day. And only then a perfectly paired romance would blossom...
Still, with time running out before the Honduran election, only stepped-up U.S. and international pressure brought Micheletti and Zelaya to an accord. The most effective prod: a threat not to recognize the results of the vote, which would render the next Honduran President persona non grata around the world. Another goad: the continuation of economic sanctions by Washington and blocs like the European Union, which are substantial hardships for one of the Western Hemisphere's smallest (7.8 milliion people) and poorest (a 70% poverty rate) countries...
...from the start condemned the coup and backed Zelaya's restoration. But in recent weeks it toyed with the idea of letting the international community oversee next month's election, bless the winner and then broker a deal to restore Zelaya afterward, until his term ends Jan. 27. Diplomats close to the Honduras talks say that when Washington realized it could only get backing for the idea from a handful of countries like Peru and the Bahamas (not from major hemispheric governments like Brazil and Mexico, nor even staunch U.S. ally Colombia), it decided to turn the screws on Micheletti...