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...promises such as tax reform, a tougher tack on crime and a more supple stance on the official 35-hour workweek. He has reacted to every tragic headline with the energy and compassion of a national psychotherapist. Never before under the Fifth Republic has a President personally taken and stood behind so many decisions in such little time. Even if Articles 20 and 21 of the French constitution stipulate that the Prime Minister and his government set policy, for now, French voters are fine with his all-consuming presidency...
...TIME: Your image as a role model for African leaders has been tarnished by the perception that your government is not concerned with human rights. Meles: As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have over a number of years learned to be a little less direct. And I have certain misgivings about these human rights organizations and their activities. I see fundamental structural flaws in the way they operate. The way it's done...
...during his recent surprise visit to al-Asad air base in the middle of Iraq's Anbar province, the President got an altogether different kind of report. In a concrete building sheltered from the 110°F (45°C) heat outside, Captain Lee Hemming, a Marine Cobra helicopter pilot, stood nervously opposite his Commander in Chief and a phalanx of fellow Marines and described his mission...
...cement building sheltering them from the 110-degree heat outside, Hemming stood in a flight suit in front of Bush and a roomful of Marines. The captain was nervous, careful and spoke very much as if he had spent a lot of time memorizing what he was going to say. Holding a long metal pointer up to a wall map, he told Bush what his unit's mission is and what they've seen in their area of operations. Bush followed along, nodding, and for a while it looked as if the event would turn out to be the usual...
...Many female students, physicians and scientists are concerned of the challenges in career work-personal life balance,” Dzau said. “Nancy has shown that it can be done and she has done it superbly.” Williams also said that Andrews stood out because of her work at HMS. “Her colleagues [at HMS] all described her in superlative terms,” he said. As a vice dean at HMS, Andrews has worked to increase funding for collaboration between Harvard faculties, establish reviews of HMS’ basic sciences departments...