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...After a tense press conference with Putin, Bush was happy to be headed home and worked out his post-travel weariness onboard Air Force One. Was this kinder, gentler Bush just for show, or is the President really serious about setting a new tone? Europeans have reason to be skeptical. Last week's rhetoric of shared values and a common way forward sounded a lot like the rhetoric of Bush's previous fence-mending trips. And Bush himself seemed to signal that not all that much had changed. When asked about the "old and new Rumsfeld" - a reference...
That playful tone wasn’t the only thing that made him shine through as a theatrical presence. Perhaps the most thrillingly strange aspect of Tuesday’s concert, and of most of Meloy’s recorded work with the Decemberists, is how utterly and astonishingly genuine he sounds when he croons out those elegant strings of lies about Manchurian secret agents and deceased chimney-sweeps. In a sense, he’s a member of a rare and dying breed of musicians—those who can act. Those who can create a character wholly different...
...Faculty divided against itself, its Dean, and its President cannot be expected to maintain its position at the forefront of academia. Consequently, we see the more civil tone at Tuesday’s emergency meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) as an overwhelmingly positive sign that circumstances are beginning to improve for the entire University. Yet deep divisions remain, and steps must be taken to ensure that faculty discontent does not rear its ugly head in another dramatic explosion...
...Faculty discussion moves to mending fences and improving relationships with Massachusetts Hall, it is clear that many of the problems that contributed to the recent outburst of discontent cannot be fixed by mere changes in attitude and tone. The presence of systemic flaws in the channels of communication between the administration and the Faculty demands an institutional rethink. The first logical step should be centered on the creation of conduits for professors to voice concerns and blow off steam. What the Faculty needs is a reliable safety valve...
...determined to set a different tone,” Summers said. “I pledge to you that I will seek to listen more, and more carefully, and to temper my words and actions in ways that convey respect and help us work together more harmoniously...