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Suskind's book--informed by interviews with officials other than O'Neill--is only a partial view of the Bush White House. Bush's role on key topics like education, stem-cell research and AIDS funding is not explored. Bush's role as a military leader after 9/11 is discussed mostly through O'Neill's effort to stop terrorist funding. Bush comes across as mildly effective and pleased with O'Neill's work. The book does not try to cover how Bush engaged with his war cabinet during the Afghan conflict or how his leadership skills were deployed...
...fails to portray an accurate account of the situation and events in the Maldives, notwithstanding the fact that your correspondent undertook a lengthy interview with His Excellency President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The assertion that the riots in Malé did not appear to "disturb Gayoom's reverie" is highly partial-particularly given the fact that immediately after they happened, he appeared on national television talking about them, and visited the relatives of the prisoner who died. What's more, the gibe about a presidential yacht is a cheap one. In a country of 1,200 islands-only three of which...
...public health. The international laboratory network it established took the lead in identifying the infectious agent. Its communicable-diseases team issued travel advisories that forced governments to take the threat seriously. Local WHO offices forged high-level relations with public-health officials and used SARS to achieve a partial opening of China's health-care and scientific communities. The WHO's political savvy contributed to curtailing the first outbreak...
According to Meyer, Harvard owns a greater number of timber assets than its Ivy League counterparts. He cited Harvard’s timber assets as a partial contributor to the success of the endowment and said he hopes for “greater growth [in timber assets] in the future...
...Sigma Chi obtained partial ownership of 43-45 Mt. Auburn St. with the Pi Eta Speakers Associates on behalf of the now-defunct Pi Eta fraternity. The club shut down in 1991 following allegations by a Northeastern University alum that she was raped...