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Even before Olmert handed in his terse, two-sentence resignation to President Shimon Peres Sunday night, Livni was trying to shore up support over the weekend for a new government. She already faces one handicap: she emerged as Kadima chairwoman after a bruising leadership battle that has left her party divided. Livni has 42 days to form a new coalition representing 61 of the 120 Knesset seats. If she fails, under Israeli law, President Peres will turn to another politician - most likely Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud, the conservative opposition party - to see if he fares any better. If not, Israel...
...ahead of Princeton at the annual McLaughlin Tournament held at the famed Bethpage Red Course in Farmingdale, N.Y., finding redemption after last year’s last-place finish. “This year we’ve come back with a new attitude,” captain Michael Shore said. “For the first time in a long time we have more upperclassmen than lower classmen. Our attitude in practice is better, we’re playing better golf, getting better scores, and expecting more out of ourselves.” In a deep field...
...have drowned herself. Despite the gravity of the main character’s situation, he remains placid, just like the river Welty describes: “The sandbars were pink or violet drifts ahead. Where the light fell on the river, in a wandering from shore to shore, it was leaf-shaped spangles that trembled softly, while the dark of the river was calm.” Welty explores the full scope of humanity in her stories, despite the profound racial tensions of the society in which she lived. In “Powerhouse,” which was originally...
...said it would waive government taxes on some share transactions to stimulate trading. Chinese government agencies are also trying to put a floor under the market by purchasing shares in publicly listed Chinese companies. Meanwhile, Taiwan's government indicated that a state-controlled fund would be willing to shore up Taiwan company stocks via share purchases...
...period to recover from the defeat and prepare to face New Hampshire on Tuesday. “I don’t think we’ll have too many changes,” Akpan said. “We’ll just have to shore up those little mistakes. It wasn’t the large-scale mistakes that cost us, just a finish here or there that we’ll have to be better at.Fucito added, “We’ll stay the same [in regards to playing strategy]. When it comes down...