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...have been very much encouraged by the progress [Kirby] and the faculty as a whole have made recently in curricular reform and other matters, and I look forward to our continued work together,” Summers wrote...
...laying out an Asian agenda stressing freedom. ?I have pointed out that the people of China want more freedom to express themselves, to worship without state control, to print Bibles and other sacred texts without fear of punishment,? he said. ?We encourage China to continue down the road of reform and openness-because the freer China is at home, the greater the welcome it will receive abroad.? Bush also made big news, and likely rankled the Chinese, by praising Taiwan, over which Beijing hopes to restore control, for moving ?from repression to democracy? and creating a free society...
...question for us is how to change people’s paradigm,” Granholm said. “What was good for the parents is not good for the child.” Rahul Prabhakar ’09 said he agreed that education reform is essential in easing the transition to a more technological economy. “[Granholm’s] emphasis on education meets the needs of a factory line that is changing from standard engines to fuel cells,” Prabhakar said. Granholm also commented in her speech on her position as Michigan?...
...election this year by claiming outsider status -- no easy trick for a six-term Congressman -- and supporting heavier use of the death penalty and an end to parole for criminals sentenced to life. Having done that, he could safely stick to middling stands on abortion rights and welfare reform. "My basic philosophy is a conservative one," says Ridge. "But I recognize there are times when government intervention is appropriate, much to the chagrin of some of my Republican counterparts...
...also cast her vote for U2 front-man Bono, ?for putting a face on African poverty.? Brazile also welcomed the third recommendation from conservative Washington tax reform activist Grover Norquist, who suggested a pairing of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with civil right icon Rosa Parks, who died recently. Brazile hailed Rice's emergence as ?the face of American democracy...