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...Islamic terrorism didn’t help, either. A Security Council declaration condemning Iran’s Guardian Council might get the message across to a few Iranians that would otherwise have blown off a purely American objection. Second, going to the U.N. would also help the United States regain a little of its credibility lost after the Iraq war. Bush should be trying to buck the image of the go-it-alone cowboy and demonstrate that he has at least the capacity to be a team player...
Hegarty said one student had already approached him with an appeal to regain possession of her microwave...
...This leap instilled in me a new confidence,” Andrew-Jaja said, “one that will surely quiet my inner doubts that I can be the Heptagonal Champion in the high jump, that I can soon regain my place among the elite in the nation...
...firm KPMG were accused of marketing aggressive and potentially illegal tax shelters that netted the firm at least $124 million in fees. The committee's ranking member, Carl Levin, excoriated the firm's leaders in public, comments widely seen as forcing some of them to retire early. Hoping to regain momentum, the O.E.C.D. last month reached agreement with Switzerland to abolish two tax practices it had identified as harmful. It's a painstaking process with no quick results - and it could easily be derailed again. At last week's talks, finance officials from major Western countries took pains to support...
With his victory, Princeton’s Juan Valdivieso spearheaded a massive point-grab by the Tigers, who placed six swimmers in the top-10 to regain any momentum lost in the previous two events...