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...ground, which Powell did not. And argue your case at the Cabinet table instead of deferring to keepers of the flame like Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. Failing that, try one-on-one in the Oval Office. Some are already carping that you lack the experience for running a sluggish bureaucracy like the State Department. Here at Stanford University, where you served as provost before going to Washington, they don't think so. Even your critics speak your name with respect as they recall the dispatch and efficiency you demonstrated in dealing with a proud faculty. Somebody who could handle...
Harvard took control of the clock in the second half, holding the ball for over 20 minutes. After a sluggish first half, Fitzpatrick gave any NFL scouts watching quite the show. Fitzpatrick threw for 124 yards on the afternoon, including a 27-yard touchdown pass to Edwards over the middle near the halfway point of the third quarter...
...respect of Wall Street and the Bush inner circle. JOHN SNOW is expected to remain in place, at least for a while, but it's almost certain that the search will go on. A possible replacement: WILLIAM DONALDSON, the former investment banker who, after a sluggish start as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is beginning to win praise for steering the agency into more aggressive scrutiny of slippery business practices. A Donaldson drawback: he has alienated some Republicans with his calls to increase government regulation of the financial industry...
...been the engine driving Asian economies. Fear of overheating, however, has forced Beijing's policymakers to curtail bank lending and new investment. For next year, Morgan Stanley expects China to grow at a still swift 7%, but that's much slower than the 9.5% forecast for 2004, and sluggish enough to dampen growth throughout Asia. Japan might be hardest hit. Though a sparkling recovery there had fueled hopes that more than a decade of stagnation had finally come to an end, Morgan Stanley estimates that the world's second largest economy will stumble to only 1% growth in 2005, from...
Behind the wheel, you're still in a rear-drive Mustang. Weighing in at 3,450 lbs., the car remains a bit sluggish off the mark, but the five-speed manual I drove felt adequately juiced, even if the solid-rear-axle setup (a controversial, old-school feature) made the rear a bit jumpy. Ford claims the manual GT gets 17 m.p.g. in city driving and 25 m.p.g. on the highway. In my test, I averaged 11.5 m.p.g...