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...fund-raising nationally, and most surveys that test votes for Congress have the Dems beating gop candidates. What's more, the media are focused on November's presidential contest, so there's little incentive to get much done in Washington these days. This could be "the most unproductive session of Congress in many, many years," laments Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution...
...Office of Career Services, personal counseling session. Counselor: Well hello! Welcome to OCS. I’m glad you’ve come in by now; you’re starting a little bit late, but January of your first year is still a fine time to figure out what financial institution you’re going to work for. Wait, what? You’re a sophomore. (The counselor looks worried.) Oh dear. Well. I see. I...I’m sorry, I have to take a moment to collect myself. (Drinks deeply from a J.P. Morgan Nalgene bottle...
During the question-and-answer session that followed her 20-minute speech, Albright fielded queries regarding her actions as secretary of state. Audience members challenged her inaction during the Rwandan genocide and her support for economic sanctions against Iraq that, according to UNICEF, were responsible for the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children. Albright forcefully disowned her contention in 1996 that the Iraq sanctions were worth that price...
...large in size. My relationship with the mountains actually started when I was 16. Every year a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday. I think we must have had a good honey session that year, because I was able to persuade my father to let me go on this particular trip. We went down to Ruapehu, and I can remember it just as clearly as when it happened. Our train from Auckland arrived at the National Park station and there was snow everywhere, there was snow...
...Another challenge will come when Congress returns to session full-time and some of Obama's allies (and enemies) in Washington try to organize votes that they believe will either help (or hurt) the front-runner. Obama is a sitting senator and will have to spend some time in the capital. But, added one adviser, "He oughta stay out of Washington as much...