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...think he is one of those rare people who can combine the world of theory with the messy world of politics, and he’s equally adept at both,” Rodrik said. “I think our loss in this case is a great gain for Chile...
...Conley also said that she thought robberies were rare at Harvard, and suggested that the incident was facilitated by the emptiness of the campus during intersession...
...David L. Asher, a senior adviser to the U.S. State Department on issues involving North Korea, says the Bush Administration is hoping that hitting Kim financially will force him to embrace reform and trade his nuclear-weapons program for economic aid. On a rare visit to China in January, Kim spent hours inspecting malls and factories, suggesting that he may be contemplating the type of reforms that have transformed China into an economic powerhouse. "I very much doubt he would have done that unless he'd felt under pressure," says Asher. "Maybe he's realized the old game...
...Harper will be sworn in as Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, along with a freshly minted Cabinet--which means that his lunch-hour escapes on Parliament Hill will probably become rare events. The onetime political outsider whom Canadian voters brought in from the cold of western politics will suddenly be thrust into the very center of the national political scene. And for the first time in a dozen years Canadians will find out what it's like without the Liberal Party in charge...
...change? It's a question that puzzles even Harper's supporters, who watched him transform himself from a crusader for limited government into a family-friendly mainstream politician. That shift was partly an expression of pragmatism in a nation that tends to shun extremes. But it also reflected a rare political trait: the ability to rise above the ideological-hothouse atmosphere of Reform Party politics in the west to become a leader capable of attracting support from skeptics. His core economic conservatism is unlikely to have changed as much as some suggest--Harper is not and never will...