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...level Saturday evening at the University of Connecticut, but the 20th-ranked Huskies (1-2-0) were too much for the Crimson (0-1-1) to handle, as the visitors fell 3-1. “I think it was a dramatic improvement from the one game to the next game, so we’re really coming along,” coach Ray Leone said. “We’re further along than we were at the same time last year...I thought overall, there [were] a lot of good things.” Proving their lofty...
...importance of staying in school and the new opportunities that might be available - if they could seize them. Then we went to an Oakland community meeting at a local church, where Jones gave a talk that was half-sermon, half economic brief, on the coming green jobs revolution. Next we crossed the bay to San Francisco's gilded city hall, where Jones received an award from the Full Circle Fund, a philanthropic organization founded by Silicon Valley's wealthy. That was Jones's singular talent: his ability to be a human bridge, from gritty Oakland to green San Francisco...
...appearance, perhaps dressing him a little more conservatively dressed than before. She told the magazine that she won't make him wear what the Japanese call "cool biz," a casual summer look that she finds inappropriate for the role of Prime Minister. Nevertheless, when she becomes Japan's next first lady, she has said that nothing much else will change about how she goes about her life. "I'll take trains just like I used to." She may refrain, however, from mentioning any future voyages on UFOs...
...Still, the benefits of greater regional integration could prove powerful enough to overcome the roadblocks. The ADB's Wignaraja foresees Asia becoming a NAFTA-like free-trade zone within the next 10 years. "In Asia, the only thing everyone agrees upon is business," he says. "In the end, pragmatism will prevail." If it does, the world economy may never be the same...
...more reason for official Washington to take Japan seriously. The U.S. is going to have to display sophisticated diplomacy in Asia over the next 20 years, easing China's rise to international prominence while helping to ensure that democratic allies such as Japan do not feel threatened by it. To show how important the alliance with Japan used to be considered, the U.S. for many years appointed seasoned politicians to the Embassy in Japan - Senators Mike Mansfield and Howard Baker, former Vice-President Walter Mondale and Speaker of the House Tom Foley. The pattern was broken when Baker retired after...