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Miranda Hobbes, played by Cynthia Nixon, is a spirited and successful lawyer. She fits into a crowd without ever trying and has the strength and self-confidence to say and do whatever she wants. At the same time, she admits her fears about how she has chosen to live her life. This last season, for example, Miranda sacrificed her romantic partner to make partner at the law firm. Afterwards, she feared becoming an old maid for prizing her career over her love...
...weeks ago Indian Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee spoke before the United States Congress, signaling what the New York Times called the beginning of an historic "'tilt' towards India." Marking the potential end of an era of hostile relations dating back to the Nixon administration, the visit opened the door for what many hope will be a new epoch of closer, and more hospitable, Indo-American affairs. However, while the visit showed a willingness of behalf of Americans to welcome the Indian government onto its soil, it did not demonstrate a willingness to genuinely refocus the lens through which the country...
Gergen is also the author of the recent New York Times bestseller Eyewitness to Power. The models of leadership in his book were the focus of last night's speech, entitled "The Essence of Power: From Nixon to Clinton...
Gergen drew a parallel between Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, who he described as two of the "smartest men" he had known in public life, and who were both destroyed by "demons within their own character...
...sale of Elk Hills or made any effort to profit from it. But in 1995 Gore had indeed called specifically for the privatization of Elk Hills, which had been the Navy's strategic reserve, arguing it was no longer needed. And he was merely repeating what Republican presidents from Nixon to Reagan had maintained - that the Navy no longer needs its own oil reserve, and that Elk Hills should be sold to the private sector...