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...blames its Russian partners for orchestrating a state administrative and regulatory crackdown on the firm in recent months; the Russians claim BP hasn't lived up to its contractual obligations. Asked what advice he would give other foreign investors in Russia, BP Group's CEO Tony Hayward said: "Tread with caution...
...might have faced a terminal crisis. Most of its member states have no enthusiasm for confronting a resurgent Russia in the Caucasus, traditionally a Russian sphere of influence. The Alliance, for one thing, is having enough trouble maintaining 71,000 troops in Afghanistan, where they are managing only to tread water against mounting odds. Other arguments against confrontation: much of Western Europe is wholly dependent on Russian energy supplies, and European negotiators believe there is little chance of a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear standoff without committed support from Moscow...
...power gets a free pass these days: in April, alpha tycoon Lee Kun Hee, chairman of Samsung Group, the country's top conglomerate, was forced to resign after being indicted for tax evasion and breach of fiduciary duty. Under the circumstances, even the most well-meaning official must tread with heightened sensitivity to interest groups. Says Hahm Sung Deuk, an expert on presidential politics at Korea University in Seoul: "Korea needs a leader who can compromise, negotiate and be persuasive to govern completely effectively. Lee should be playing the role of the broker rather than the commander...
...Segel has written himself a good part as the amiable, emotionally underdeveloped and not exactly buff Peter, and as an actor he finds the right line for this doofus to tread. He edges up to the farcical, but then backs off to more plausible sorts of confusion. He allows you feel for the guy. Most of us, at one time or another, have been jilted and tried to struggle back from despair and that grounds this comedy in a certain reality, which is not allowed to become oppressive...
...another Harvard building again. The very fortresses we have forged have become the weapons that will destroy us. Beware the Widener tunnels, lest they collapse upon us, entombing us in lost literary works. Walk with fear and humility past Memorial Church—the bells themselves may be spies. Tread softly past the alarmed busts in Annenberg—listen closely for the pitter-patter of their ivory feet. Touristas, avert your wide eyes from the sparkling allure if the secular stained glasses (the largest collection in the world!) for they may shatter and mercilessly shank you. To death...