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...During a dinner at the Suan Bua resort on the outskirts of Chiang Mai, Thaksin sits surrounded by his Cabinet ministers who are taking a break from a two-day retreat where he is formally articulating his policies. Despite his tub-thumping election campaign he has not actually said what he stands for?aside from his vague blandishments about technology and the future. In his first few months in office he sent conflicting foreign-policy signals, telegraphing an isolationist message at an April conference in Bangkok where he said Thailand would reduce dependence on exports and look inward to solve...
...White House, which last week convened a summit headed by Laura Bush on early childhood learning. The summit was not a discussion of how to make preschool available to more children, nor was there a statement of support to find more funding for existing programs. Rather, the two-day conference of 400 education and community leaders ended with Laura Bush reminding us to read to our kids, and education secretary Rod Paige announcing yet another task force on preschool. This one, Paige said, will raise public awareness about the need for early childhood cognitive development, and "ensure that the Head...
...Federal Reserve Open Market Committee is loading its monetary gun again this week, having settled in for a two-day sit-down Tuesday that will result - on Wednesday at the usual 2:15 ET unveiling - in another interest-rate cut. The Fed funds rate stands at 4 percent, and it's going lower. That much we know. The question is, how much lower? And, even more important, when the heck are these things going to start working...
...being worked on over the weekend to reach a verdict will probably put the blame on an allegedly intoxicated and unhinged Crown Prince Dipendra, who was found fatally wounded near the scene of the massacre and named King while on life support, expiring at a military hospital after a two-day, unconscious reign...
Rudenstine came to Harvard with an ambitious, joyful stride, energized and prepared to bring his vision of educational and administrative reform to the University. He was inaugurated amidst great fanfare and frippery, with a two-day celebration featuring faculty symposiums, literary readings, special exhibits and an elaborate outdoor ceremony. Fifteen thousand people attended. No president had ever arrived with such a bang...