Word: view
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...Neither of these shows aired, unsurprisingly, in the U.S. They present a view of Americans that actual Americans don't find quite so enthralling...
...Mendillo cuts a decidedly unassuming figure.She speaks with measured confidence but betrays no ostentation. Her office, situated on the 16th floor of the Boston Federal Reserve Building, is adorned with little more than a few family photographs, three flat-panel monitors sitting atop her desk, and a comfortable view of Boston Harbor.But beneath her unobtrusive exterior, Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, harbors a wealth of investment knowledge. She commands the respect of colleagues at Harvard and elsewhere, who laud her unceasing composure during a sudden and unanticipated financial meltdown, her decisiveness under time constraints, and her focus on long...
...What is more, we need to look forward. At present, our trials and our trial processes in the courts of the United States of America are effectively hidden from public view, seen and heard only by those few who attend. The only record of the whole proceeding is a written transcript that must be purchased to be seen, or such reports as those few in physical attendance choose to make. The constitutional ideal of government-of-and-by-the-people is hollow when the people lack the real and practical means to see and hear and understand the proceedings...
...across from the table,” Kluz says. “We share interests in what we want to accomplish—it’s just a matter of how we’re going to get there.” But in Dupree’s view, the two sides talk past each other because they speak “different ideological languages...
...tragedy" or support for restrictions on it, on the grounds that a woman facing an unintended pregnancy has enough challenges without navigating a moral, medical and legal obstacle course. And there will always be those on the right who dislike talk of reducing the need for abortion, since they view this as code for promoting forms of contraception that they view as equally immoral. To them, there is no "mystery" about when life begins. These positions are, as Obama says, "irreconcilable." (Read "Robert Gibbs: No Abortion Litmus Test...