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...been told in “mid-June 2003” by a current or former Bush administration official that Plame worked as an “analyst” at the CIA, according to a statement released by Woodward a day after he testified.The statement revealed scant details about his source, except to say that it was not Libby and that the information had been passed to him in a “casual and offhand” manner. Woodward made similar comments during the dinner at Harvard, saying he took the information about Plame...
...Teaching of Writing and Speaking in Harvard College—one of seven committees under the Harvard College Curricular Review—released a report calling for the integration of public speaking into the undergraduate curriculum.“The teaching of public speaking and oral argument is scant, for many students non-existent, and must be revived vigorously,” the report states.“Oral communication should be taught as public speaking and also as debate and oral argument,” it continues. “A specific course or courses in public speaking should...
...easy to blame China's rapid economic growth for this devastating situation. Scant attention has been paid to the costs of pollution or resource degradation engendered by this dramatic economic development. Central government investment in environmental protection remains well below the 2.2% of GDP Chinese scientists claim is the minimum necessary to prevent further deterioration. Pollution fines are so low that factories often elect to pay them rather than take corrective measures. Water is typically priced far below replacement cost, discouraging recycling or conservation...
...arrive in Sant Celoni, just north of Barcelona, seeking one of the finest restaurants in the country, you'll be out of luck. The place is tucked away on a narrow street off the main square; most of the townsfolk are familiar with it but may be scant help if your Spanish is so lame that you confuse the words nombre and nmero...
...press conference on Nov. 10. Chirac's aides insisted that it was he who encouraged his protg, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, to invoke a law allowing local authorities to set curfews, but most of the government's announced measures in deprived areas have been tried before with scant success...