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...skeptical. Last week's rhetoric of shared values and a common way forward sounded a lot like the rhetoric of Bush's previous fence-mending trips. And Bush himself seemed to signal that not all that much had changed. When asked about the "old and new Rumsfeld" - a reference to the U.S. Defense Secretary's recent self-deprecating remarks about his use of "Old Europe" to refer to France and Germany - the President interjected: "Same old Bush...
...resolutions, while the Iran matter hasn't even gone to the UN yet. The operative word, of course, is ?yet.? Rice made clear that the U.S. intends to take the matter there, and has been lobbying to unseat IAEA chief Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei to help ease the path to refer Tehran to the Security Council. ElBaradei has refused to endorse Washington's charge that Iran is covertly running a weapons program, despite demanding more transparency and cooperation from Tehran. But the Europeans are opposing Bush administration efforts to unseat him, perhaps more mindful than the Bushies are of just...
...Importing Knowledge Re your report on the Davos World Economic Forum [Jan. 31]: Those who defend economic globalization against the charge that it makes rich countries poor often refer to the reasoning of economist Jagdish Bhagwati and his colleagues. They maintain that it is not realistic to assume that globalization will take high-end jobs away from rich countries. Supporters of globalization say it is not probable for China or India to suddenly develop a huge number of workers with sophisticated and complex skills because the educational sectors in those countries face enormous difficulties. One of the advantages of globalization...
Simply, there are not enough graphic novels that take place in the real world; while the strange dreamlands of The Sandman or the mutant-racism allegory of X-Men allow for beautiful artistic and narrative latitude, these books can refer to real-world issues only obliquely. Ex Machina, however, does it directly and with wry humor. Mitchell comments on the limits to his heroic powers: “People blame me for Bush in his flight suit and Arnold getting elected governor. But truth is…those things would have happened with or without...
...roasts were often brief and the Men and Women of the Year often left shortly after the production. Past Crimson articles refer to the awards as “slick p.r.” and “publicity stunts”; in 1973, Crimson arts writer Dwight L. Cramer ’74 wrote, “The publicity engine runs smoothest in the Pudding’s absurd Man and Woman of the Year Awards...