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...Washington you were known as a dealmaker. Why has the spirit of compromise disappeared? We had to reach across the aisle. We never had the luxury of a Republican Congress. It may be that's why you see less of that type of legislating today or that type of governing--because we own all three branches of government today...
With Sandra Day O'Connor retired and his colleagues evenly divided, centrist Kennedy is the likely swing vote in tight cases. He began to play the role last term--with characteristic moderation. He sided with conservatives to limit the reach of the Clean Water Act but voted with the liberals to declare unconstitutional the Bush Administration plan to try alleged terrorists before military tribunals...
...When he's not using funding as a carrot, Wen, 34, isn't afraid to reach for a verbal stick. He recently told the Los Angeles Times that the Chinese government's goal of achieving about 230 pollution-free days a year in Beijing in time for the 2008 Olympics was merely propaganda intended to lull the public into thinking the air is getting cleaner. Equally blunt, he says China's plans to build scores of nuclear reactors without local consultation are "irrational and undemocratic...
...little less loudly? And then, as I winced at her volume in my quiet church, I saw that she was utterly oblivious to those around her. She was someplace else. And there were times when I caught her in the middle of saying the Rosary when she seemed to reach another level altogether--a higher, deeper place than I, with all my education and privilege, had yet reached...
...collective strategic philanthropic approach” consisting of a Harvard Black Alumni Fund, selective social investments, and investment of financial, intellectual, and social capital. “It’s by working collectively and strategically with varied capital that we can have the greatest impact far exceeding the reach of any one individual,” she said. “There is truly no better endowed group, nor a better-looking one, I should add,” Bell-Rose said to laughs. “No group can better extend the powerful legacy of philanthropy and leadership...