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...Obama did add his old hope riff at the end of a question-and-answer session later in Scranton, Pa., but it seemed an afterthought. The bulk of his presentation, especially the Q&A, was solid protein. He offered Hillaryesque, do-good details: If we return to the national obesity levels of 1980, it would save $1 trillion in health-care costs! He claimed that the mortgage-lending industry had spent $185 million on lobbying over the past decade, and Big Pharma had spent $1 billion. He gave comprehensive answers about trade, immigration and military procurement. He was detailed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Patriotism Problem | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

This spring break, over reading for which the due date had come and gone, I noticed the drone of parental concern. The silence was eventually breached in the middle of a Heidegger session: “Are you having any fun over there?” I told them “yes,” again—phenomenology is fun. But, really, where would I be without the uncompromising contingent of the “chill” I felt comfortable presenting to our future applicant? Probably at Lamont—so I can’t help...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Locking the Gates | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...year. Recognized by his peers as an exceptionally shrewd politician - one of his predecessors described him as "the most cunning of them all" - he played a key role in Ireland's epic economic transformation. He was also dedicated to the Northern Ireland peace process, once flying into a negotiation session directly from his mother's funeral. And he built on that to forge Irish relations with Britain that are at their best in a long and troubled history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland's Prime Minister Steps Down | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...powerbrokers successfully,” Frankel said. But, Frankel continued, while Fox had difficulty getting his policies passed by the Mexican Congress, Calderón has had more success. Mexican national Alejandro Rocha, a student at Harvard Business School, said that Fox was evasive during the question and answer session. “It’s great to see someone who changed the 72-year ruling party, [but] I think he didn’t really answer any questions,” Rocha said. But Cecilia Venegas ’11, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Mexico...

Author: By Mark D. Hoadley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fox Calls for Free Market in Mexico | 4/1/2008 | See Source »

...weapons in China during the war. And there are deniers in the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, too: Jin Matsubara, a Democratic parliamentarian known for denying the killing of Chinese civilians by the Japanese Imperial Army in Nanjing in 1937-1938, recently used his speaking time at a Diet session dedicated to discussing the weapons to question their very existence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's China Weapons Cleanup Hits a Snag | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

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