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...brought a quiet but unmistakable moral leadership. But his is a moral leadership tempered with realism and exercised with a light touch, highlighting issues and engaging with governments and other stakeholders in search of plausible solutions. Annan has never wielded real power, and that may be his strength. His ability to effect outcomes derives entirely from his powers of persuasion, his knack for showing the partisans to any particular conflict that there is a high road, and that they're capable of walking it. It's plainly not all that easy to say no to a man so persuasively given...
After the CDC sent out a messenger to quiet an overbearing drum noise from a neighboring room in the YWCA, three consecutive panels—each a mix of incumbents, newcomers and repeat candidates— answered a series of questions on various issues such as whether recent re-zoning had done enough for traffic control and whether the city should directly elect its mayor...
...justice to real, perilous threats,” which Lewis says “warrants mockery,” is indeed what we will all be called upon to do every instant that we live in the real world. Only now, during our brief sojourn in the academic quiet, is there time for us to develop our visions of justice and to be certain where they lead...
...fear that not permitting a peaceful, quiet demonstration to take place may be a sign of things to come from this new administration,” PSLM member Stephen N. Smith ’02 wrote in an e-mail...
SWITZERLAND The Gunman with a Grudge The peace of a quiet Thursday morning in the Swiss town of Zug was shattered by a gunman armed with an assault rifle and a grenade. Friedrich Leibacher burst into a regional assembly meeting and opened fire, leaving 14 dead, before turning the gun on himself. Three of the victims were members of Zug's cantonal government. Police believe Leibacher's rampage originated in a row with a Zug bus driver two years ago. Athough nearly 400,000 Swiss men are army reservists who keep weapons at home, gun crime has been rare, with...