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Faculty have hailed recent additions to the 1L curriculum as long overdue and crucial for adapting the school’s century-old curriculum in a changed world...
During Mailer's last marriage, he began an affair with Mallory, an aspiring writer and former supermodel and actress. Mallory told us in a recent phone interview that Mailer was a magnificent lover when it came to the bedroom. “His lips were magic," she said...
...recent years, Dubai customs officials have uncovered U.S. aircraft parts bound for Iran's military, and last April U.S. officials arrested an Iranian living in California for trying to smuggle U.S. attack helicopters to Iran's military via export companies in Dubai. U.S. officials believe that any sanctions that effectively target Iran's nuclear energy and prevent Iran from importing the equipment needed to overhaul its aging oil infrastructure would have to plug the Dubai loophole. (See the top 10 players in Iran's power struggle...
After months of mounting tension, the leaders of the U.S. and China appear to be putting recent strains in their relationship behind them. China's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday, April 1, that President Hu Jintao would attend the global nuclear-security summit in Washington on April 12 and 13. Hours later, Hu and President Obama spoke for an hour by phone. Considerable differences on a wide range of issues are unlikely to be easily resolved, but Washington and Beijing may be moving to manage those differences in a more cooperative fashion...
...While expectations are low for any sudden jump in the value of the renminbi, the recent détente could make it easier for China to begin gradual changes. China's leadership was never likely to make any move on currency in the face of overt pressure from Washington, for fear of appearing weak in the eyes of its people. "Our view is that China was going to move around the middle of the year," says Green. "The China timetable was six months behind the U.S. on this, which creates tension. The tension makes a move harder. What we need...