Word: points
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...Actually, many people saw this as a sure-thing vote. At some point it simply became her time. Bullock had been the favorite for various Best Actress awards in the weeks - even months - leading up to the Oscars, and it's almost hard to remember a time when it was unthinkable to see the 45-year-old actress at a podium...
...have a strong trading relationship. We would like Russia in the World Trade Organization. We have regular summits and dialogues with them at different levels. If you take any strategic partnership with any country, there will be some member states that will have a stronger or different relationship. The point about bringing the 27 together is that you have an established, coherent approach to that...
...Critics point to the selection of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton as Europe's President and Foreign Minister as symbolic of a lack of vision. Van Rompuy, a former Belgian Prime Minister, is known for his ability to balance local sensitivities - no small feat in Belgium - and cajole opposing camps towards a consensus. Useful attributes, no doubt, but hardly the ones needed to make the E.U. count on the international stage. Ashton, a former British minister and European trade commissioner, has little experience in foreign affairs. "Van Rompuy and Ashton give the impression of being chosen for their limits...
...pivotal point came on Jan. 30, when an opposition rally in the western city of Kaliningrad attracted 10,000 people, an incredibly high turnout for Russia's docile political culture and likely the biggest protest in at least five years...
...ultimate goal, Nemtsov says, is to organize a rally 10 times the size of Kaliningrad's in the center of the capital. And then what? "Well, after that, we'll have elections, and then we'll see who wins and who loses. But the point is, we have to get rid of Putin. He is dangerous," Nemtsov says. "I think this year is going to be the year of anti-Putin protests...