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...President can tap into changes in the culture and encourage them. When Obama rejected, in his Inaugural speech, the "stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long," he was rejecting an attitude--of baby-boom cultural warfare, of cable shouting matches, of all-or-nothing showdowns--and betting that his audience was tired of them...
Obama insiders credit the new chief of staff for many of the transition team's more agile moves. Take the agonizing choice of a Secretary of the Treasury. Obama's personal inclination was to tap New York Federal Reserve chief Timothy Geithner, who had been intricately involved in devising last year's $700 billion financial-bailout package. But he also wanted the expertise of the ferociously brainy Larry Summers, who had held the Treasury job and wanted it again. So Obama and Emanuel worked out a deal to get both by convincing Summers to take a post inside the White...
...aquarium stand to lose about $3 million, which translates to 30 staff positions. New York officials say the state's environment funding - where the zoo and aquarium money comes from - will be funneled into capital projects like bridges, on the grounds that institutions like zoos can tap private funding. But at the same time, donors to the Bronx Zoo and its sister institutions across the nation are getting squeezed by the economic crisis, leaving the zoos little to fall back on. "We thought they'd use a scalpel to cut, not an ax," says John Calvelli, director of external affairs...
...coffee to share between three and pilfer the WiFi. Humming, breathless chatter between foxy patrons and staff adds to the intrigue of the place, where the famished can nosh on Mahi Mahi sandwiches or wheatberry salads and the thirsty can swig anything from aromatic coffee to the DC Tap Water cocktail, a popular favorite according to manager Michael Woods. Don't let the unappetizing, murky gray-blue of the drink throw you off - it's cloyingly syrupy and intensely fruity. Shallal and his team have concocted specialty drinks to match their namesakes for inauguration weekend - the Obama, the Delaware Dude...
...building’s finer graffiti: cartoon people riding along on conveyor belts on their way to prison, for example. All around me would be smoke and chatter, as scarf-clad brunettes sipped the famous corn syrup-free European Coke, cafés con leche, or the beer on tap. After doing my best to participate nonchalantly in one of these activities for a while, I’d slink off to class, a few minutes too early.If one is willing to sacrifice respiratory health, meeting Spaniards is exponentially easier. I learned this my very first day, when...