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...Wilson] does a great job of being able to jump up into the play,” Chu said. “She has a tremendous amount of speed and skill and she does a great job burying the puck when she has a chance and dishing the puck to open players as well...
...against, one another in the political arena. When Obama ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004, these messages of racial harmony resonated across the state, even in the conservative, largely white areas of down state Illinois. As Obama spoke, people listened not simply because of his eloquence or rhetorical skill, or the refreshing appeal of his message, but in large part because of the sincerity of his conviction...
...might have been to open the door for the dean of Radcliffe to become president of the University, and for a woman to lead Harvard for the first time in its history.As rumors swirled about her candidacy, friends and colleagues said they were confident that she possessed the necessary skills.“She has always been very solicitous of the views and opinions of others,” Schipper Professor of Law Bruce H. Mann said recently. “You can bring people much farther along if you persuade them to go with you than if you drag...
...Iraqis in Stockholm fresh from Baghdad say the war is stripping Iraq of its skill base, driving out the people needed to rebuild the country's infrastructure, run businesses, and staff schools and hospitals. "For months people have been walking around Baghdad saying, 'Where's this person? Where's that person?'" says Raya, a 37-year-old doctor, a few hours after arriving in Stockholm. "Then someone will say: 'They've left; and they have left; and they have left.'" Raya, who did not want her last name published for fear her parents in Baghdad would be targeted, says...
Noorzai's position as tribal leader was more than an honorific. Leadership is not simply inherited: while descent is important, a chief usually emerges by consensus, recognized for his military prowess, his charisma, and his skill with money and negotiation. Noorzai needed all those qualities when the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001. He immediately understood that the U.S. would retaliate and that the Taliban's days were numbered. That day Noorzai was at one of his homes in the Pakistani border city of Quetta, a two-story fortresslike structure. He left quickly for Afghanistan to prepare for the coming...