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...deadline, just a goal-for troop withdrawal. The irony here is that Bush could sign this bill because it gives him implicit authority to revise the withdrawal date toward perpetuity. Signing the bill would not only avoid a damaging political confrontation at home but also please the vast majority of Iraqis, who, according to the polls, want an American timeline for withdrawal. He might even be able to bolster the al-Maliki government, which has lost six Cabinet ministers, followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, who quit-nominally, at least-over the absence of a withdrawal timetable. Bush could simply...
...peak baggers wanting to summit, overnight treks can be arranged up the Djebel Toubkal. On our final day we opted for an easier vista onto a vast mountain desert bowl, before returning to lunch at Samra, a candlelit guest douar (Berber dwelling) run by an energetic Swiss woman and a local female staff. The vegetable tagine and coriander-spiced eggplant was outstanding. Six hours later, I was back in Paris, my boots still spattered with mud, my hands smelling faintly of rose water...
...against a typically flat and watery Dutch landscape in Monnickendam, a town about 20 minutes outside Amsterdam. That is exactly what makes the interior of Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques a greater surprise. For within, there's a roaring fire in the grate, stags' heads hung on the walls, a vast dining-room table set with fine silverware and a mass of etched-glass ship's decanters on the handsome sideboard. In the kitchen are stacks of exquisite porcelain and a little gathering of tiny figures, each designed to hold toothpicks. "I only buy what I like to have in my home...
...first West Coast flagship, Diesel has "gone Hollywood"?West Hollywood to be precise. Opening on eternally hip Melrose Place in May, the new ground-floor store, housed in a building dating back to 1896, is a departure from the traditional Diesel retail formula. Customers will enter the vast, windowless shop through large Gothic doors in the front or a cloud-festooned hallway that leads from the rear parking lot. Classic Diesel design aspects, such as the worn-in, vintage atmosphere of other locations, have been discarded in favor of unique lighting techniques and product displays. The stark cement floor...
...case purchases, indicates a commendable forward-looking attitude from HBS in the distribution of its publications. Lower barriers on sharing information will only benefit higher education.But HBS’s deal begs a much larger question: With barriers to sharing information vanishing, how much should Harvard open its vast resources to the world? Sharing information is a key step in making higher education more available to the general population, a mission worthy of being pursued by the entire University, not just the Extension School. Harvard students have privileged access to the resources that are limited and that Harvard cannot practically...