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...Instead of providing a new injection of funds, many Republicans believe Detroit should simply tap the $25 billion that was already appropriated earlier this year to help the companies develop more fuel-efficient technologies for the future. The White House, at pains to show that it is not simply giving up on the nation's entire domestic automobile sector, pushed that approach again on Monday, saying the Administration "does not want U.S. automakers to fail...
...people would question whether former University President Lawrence H. Summers has the brains to be President-elect Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary—after all, he held the same position in the Clinton administration.But when post-election rumors that Obama would tap Summers for the post began to fly, it reopened wounds dating back to his turbulent tenure as Harvard’s president.The National Organization for Women and other women’s groups have issued sharply-worded statements opposing Summers’ potential appointment that may have succeeded in knocking him off Obama?...
...back-to-back shots, McCollem cleaned up the rebound from the post, notching his second goal in as many games to put the Crimson ahead, 1-0. “Alex Killorn got a good shot, and the goalie was out of the net, so I had an easy tap in there,” McCollem said. The Crimson outshot the Saints, 17-10, in the second frame, but four penalties limited Harvard’s scoring chances by forcing the squad to play defense for nearly half of the period. The Crimson recorded seven penalties overall but shut down...
...chorus numbers and vaudeville throwbacks, political drinking songs ("Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher") and those with simple, John Lennon-like lyricism. But all of them seem utterly fresh and inseparable from the story they enliven and enhance. The show's centerpiece, of course, is Billy's dancing, which ranges from tap numbers to classical ballet, as well as a striking Act I finale in which Billy, his chance at an audition thwarted, erupts into an emotional, free-form paroxysm of frustration and anger. But Peter Darling's choreography is perhaps most impressive in the intricately staged group numbers like "Solidarity," which...
...team concept also extends to the field. CforC, which is building a core staff of 20, can tap into a network of experts it has assembled, who number 30 so far and range from ex-officers and diplomats to former business executives and NGO operatives. For each project, it convenes small teams of staff and associates, mixing and matching skill sets to meet the client's needs. For example, Slim says, a team may have "a human-rights person, an environmentalist and a private-equity expert--now that's pretty wacky...