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...During his presidential campaign, then-Senator Obama continually spoke of the need to restore America’s standing in the world. But if the Obama administration presides over a turn toward protectionism and a return to the failed methods of the past, its policies will be as misguided as those of its Depression-era predecessors. As a nation dependent on the creativity and high productivity of its tertiary sector, the United States will need all the help it can get to recover from this devastating recession. Unfortunately, current policies are likely to exacerbate, not alleviate, present economic pains. President...
...wailing as the babies stretched their masks in agony, their faces seeming to melt like the faces in the painting. One began to howl like a coyote. Eventually the crying died away and the babies receded into their holes, leaving one remaining.Considering the fact that the babies mostly spoke nonsense and their sneering expressions never changed, “Corbu Pops” Singers Madeleine A. Bennett ’11, Adriana I. Colón ’12, Julia T. Havard ’11, Zhanrui Kuang...
...Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., spoke to this commitment on Thursday, during the second round of breakout sessions organized by the White House, this time in the more tastefully appointed State Dining Room. "I just want to express the intensity of my confidence that there is a path through this for us," he said, before referencing the famous television advertising that the insurance industry funded to knock down the last major attempt at health-care reform. "We are past the 'Harry and Louise' moment. We are at the Thelma and Louise moment. We are in the car. We are headed...
...virtually paralyzing the Thai capital. Thailand's current leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, has vowed to use "every means we can" to extradite Thaksin; a Mar. 2 public appearance by the former Prime Minister in Hong Kong was canceled after Thai authorities announced they would attempt to have him arrested. Thaksin spoke with TIME's Southeast Asia Bureau Chief Hannah Beech by phone from Dubai about his renewed political ambitions and what it's going to take to heal his country. (See photos of Thailand's protests...
...Last time you spoke with TIME in January 2007, you said you were finished with politics and that you would retire. What changed? [My political opponents] have been bullying me politically nonstop since then. I already declared that I wanted to retire. I wanted to spend my life with my family. But they were bullying me. The rule of law is not there [in Thailand]. The democratic process is not there. That is too much. All of my supporters urged me: 'you have to come and fight back politically.' They want [Thailand] to come back to a mature democracy...