Word: seconded
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...Rogers sees three big secular trends now, and he's acting on all of them. First, America's role as the dominant economic power is declining, so why own American stocks? (He doesn't.) Second, China is emerging, and even though it may have crises from time to time, it is a good place to invest. (He does.) Third - and this is the biggie - emerging nations including China are greatly increasing the future demand for commodities such as oil. (He's in with both feet...
...summit with Western powers, Russia and China, Iran added fuel to the incendiary debate over its nuclear ambitions by revealing the existence of a new uranium-enrichment facility outside the holy city of Qum. News of the plant, the second of its kind in Iran, drew sharp criticism from Western leaders, including President Obama, who condemned Tehran for "breaking rules" and demanded that the country "cooperate fully and comprehensively" with International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, insisted that plans for the plant were never secret and reiterated that Iran's nuclear...
This year's Starz sitcom Party Down (gearing up for a second season next year), about aspiring showbiz types working for a catering company in L.A., perfectly captures the Apatow vibe of improv-like, conversational comedy. Likewise, HBO's Bored to Death, a literary slacker-com about a writer (Jason Schwartzman) posing as a detective, has a voice and offbeat style that recall indie-film comedies - the kind, like Rushmore, that star Jason Schwartzman...
...Couples Retreat, $35.3 million, first weekend 2. Zombieland, $15 million; $47.8 million, second week 3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $12 million; $96.2 million, fourth week 4. Toy Story 3-D and Toy Story 2 3-D, $7.7 million; $22.7 million, second week 5. Paranormal Activity, $7.1 million; $8.2 million, third week 6. Surrogates, $4.1 million; $32.6 million, third week 7. The Invention of Lying, $3.4 million; $12.3 million, second week 8. Whip It, $2.8 million; $8.6 million, second week 9. Capitalism: A Love Story, $2.7 million; $9.1 million, third week 10. Fame, $2.6 million; $20 million, third week...
...tough to think of a goal more widely espoused than the dream of an H-bomb-free planet. President Ronald Reagan and activist Jane Fonda, political opposites, came together on this one - in his second term, Reagan stunned his advisers and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev by suggesting a treaty that would take nuclear arsenals down to "zero." (See pictures of Obama's first eight months of diplomacy...