Word: outgoingness
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After six years serving as masters of Winthrop House, Stephen P. Rosen and Mandana Sassanfar announced plans to step down at the end of this academic year. They informed the House community in an e-mail Wednesday, citing personal reasons for the decision. Though Winthrop residents said the announcement didn...
Putting the Democrats on Notice Democrats on Capitol Hill played Obama's unexpectedly generous business-oriented tax cuts to their advantage by swiftly demanding greater spending for their priorities. Whatever concessions Obama made in response - there were frantic closed-door meetings to calm the Democrats down - he was probably going...
Obama was helped in his transition by a notably cooperative White House. The outgoing Bush team not only worked before the election to make way for the new team at key agencies but held countless orientation sessions for their Democratic counterparts across the government.
A few weeks ago, outgoing White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten gathered nearly a dozen former chiefs of staff in his corner West Wing office and held a courtesy orientation session for Rahm Emanuel, the next man to assume the second hardest job in Washington.
So why's the U.S. picking on Roquefort? Many French, including senior government officials, believe it's a parting shot from U.S. President George W. Bush, whose attitude toward France has ranged between annoyance and contempt - or at least that's the perception here. (The feeling is mutual.) "I'm...