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...Time Inc.'s decision doesn't represent a change in our philosophy, nor does it reflect a departure from our belief in the need for confidential sources. It does reflect a response to a profound departure from the practice of federal prosecutors when this case is compared with other landmark cases involving confidentiality over the past 30 years. Since the days of Attorney General John Mitchell, the Justice Department has sought confidential sources from reporters as a last resort, not as an easy option. Neither Archibald Cox, the Watergate Special Prosecutor, nor Judge John Sirica sought to force the Washington...
...Over the past few months, it has become apparent to me that the Board of Trustees and I have different approaches to how the university can best realize its long-term vision,” Lehman told the crowd. “These differences are profound, and it has now become absolutely clear that they cannot be resolved...
...hand to lobby for Madrid. The winning city - you can count on it - will hold a press conference and pop champagne to extol the benefits of hosting the Games. Back home, jubilant citizens will party in the streets. Everyone will claim that the Games will have a profound economic impact on the city that wins - that, of course, is one of the key arguments that has been used to persuade their residents to foot part of the bill. But does hosting the Olympics really help a city? To put it mildly, the evidence is mixed. Athens' experience suggests that...
...friends uniformly identified as one of his chief characteristics--had been neglected for much of the 20th century. As I dug into the story, I learned about the two times, at ages 26 and 32, when Lincoln broke down so severely that he came near suicide; about his profound gloom in his middle years and his deliberate work to cope with it; and, finally, about how his depression both plagued him and fueled his great work as President. How could such an amazing story be so long left untold...
...Shaw indulges no such false hopes. He sketches the destructive powers of jealousy and possession. His central theme is the confusion brought to courtship by the liberation, and education, of women. The surprisingly contemporary subject allows Shaw to uncork a few deft jokes and also to deliver characteristic pronunciamentos, profound on first hearing, murky on repetition: "Women have to unlearn the false good manners of their slavery before they acquire the genuine good manners of their freedom." Despite such ponderosities, Shaw manages to make lovesickness look like healthy...