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...About halfway through, he said: "I believe that the nation needs a revolution in its education system." It's the sort of speech you'd expect from someone in a hurry to get some power-and Rudd, then 41, was. "I have no intention of being here for the sake of just being here," he said, and concluded: "It is my intention to make a difference...
...couldn't be more different at Sushi + Soul, www.sushi-soul.de. Here shoeless locals and the expats who make up Düsseldorf's expanding Japanese population - the third largest in Europe - enjoy fresh sashimi and piping-hot udon curled up on tatami mats strewn with feather cushions, while others sip sake at a candlelit bar scattered with driftwood. Per-haps most atmospheric of all these waterside eateries is Lido, www.lido1960.de, a glass cube with 360 degree views at the center of a €5.9 million footbridge spanning the harbor. Inside, Bauhaus furnishings and rust banquettes accommodate diners feasting on trattoria-meets...
...words, Woodbridge is “an international society, not a foreign society.”Balciunas emphasizes the need for the meaningful social interaction that he believes the Society’s events encourage. “We don’t throw a party for the sake of having a party,” he says. “We throw a party to bring people together.”The result appears to be a symbiotic relationship between the American and international communities. When Woodbridge throws a party with an openness and elegance that seems unusual...
...time.” Scalise responded that many of Harvard’s coaching positions haven’t seen much turnover, restricting the department’s ability to make changes. He repeatedly emphasized that other factors shouldn’t be sacrificed for diversity’s sake. “I want to hire the best person for the job,” Scalise said. “You should know that I’m going to look broadly for all types of candidates. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the best person...
...whole list - is ultimately about power. You need to purchase the right to do it through some form of vulnerability, especially if you happen to be a rich, famous white man. But the I-Man - his radio persona, anyway - is not about vulnerability. (The nickname, for Pete's sake: I, Man!) That's creepy enough when he's having a big-name columnist kiss his ring; when he hurled his tinfoil thunderbolts at a team of college kids, it was too much. "Some people have said, 'Well, he says this all the time,'" Rutgers' team captain Carson told TIME...