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...White House insiders say he merely did what needed to be done to secure the release of the 24 crew members. That's how it is with diplomacy: something is always getting in the way. With the Americans freed, Bush's inclination to slap back at their jailers will still be checked by the $116 billion in annual trade between the two countries. "It in some sense confirms that this is a complicated relationship, a very complex relationship," admits a senior White House adviser. Bush's sterner remarks regarding China in the Rose Garden last Thursday?after the crew...
...University accustomed to being on top, even Harvard's tie for second overall in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report's annual college rankings, could be seen as a slap in the face...
...That, of course, is not necessarily a good thing. In the middle of a slump like this, getting too excited about corporate prospects is asking for a slap in the face when the other kind of earnings news comes along - some of Wednesday's euphoria will inevitably be sold off, and probably sooner rather than later. But Greenspan's first concern was never the "reverse wealth effect" Wall Street had only just stopped screaming about (rallies will do that). For the Fed it was the Main Street stuff - jobs, malls, cars and houses - that was going to turn this slowdown...
...work three jobs, sleep four hours a night and haven’t gotten a raise in as many as 10 years, the administration’s actions come into clear focus as not simply disrespectful but morally appalling. It is disgusting and terrifying to see our University administration slap our janitors, our guards and our dining hall employees with wage cuts, benefit decreases and union busting—and pretend that these moves are technical adjustments rather than contributions to a social crisis in our community. It is disgusting to see that as Harvard’s endowment reaches...
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu wanted a "big bang" at the center of his astonishing first feature, Amores Perros--something that would slap it into rambunctious life, rather as the bigger astronomical bang did our universe eons ago. He found it in the car crash that opens his movie--a sudden, sickening blend of violently torn metal, wailing sirens, desperate screams and blood--lots of blood...