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...rules were “whatever you could get away with” and “denial.” In addition, Suskind argued that the next president will have to battle to win the hearts and minds of the rest of the world. “Non-voting constituencies look at the United States and say, ‘I wish I could have a vote in your election because it affects my life,’” he said. Suskind said that the goal of his book was to cut through the secrecy and message...
...these committees, it is placed on the agenda for a full faculty meeting, though the time between the Docket Committee and the faculty meeting is likely to exceed three months, if it is not tabled altogether. This process is often stalled due to uncertainty about whether the faculty should vote on the issue or simply be made aware of it. An investigation of the legal precedents and relevant rules can take several months due to the high level of turnover in FAS positions over the past three years. If the measure does pass, implementation is generally delegated to an implementation...
...Lamassoure’s words were carefully calibrated to make the United States and Europe sound close together, particularly in the event of a victory next week by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. “If Europe were entitled to vote in your election, 93 percent would vote in favor of one candidate,” said Lamassoure, a former French minister of European affairs, of Obama, whose one-week summer tour through several European countries demonstrated the support the Democrat has abroad. “We need to work shoulder-to-shoulder with the next American administration...
...their own, public misunderstanding wouldn't be such a problem. But they can't. Reducing carbon emissions sharply will require all 6.5 billion (and growing) of us on the planet to hugely change the way we use energy and travel. We'll also need to change the way we vote, rewarding politicians willing to make the tough choices on climate. Instead of a new Manhattan Project - the metaphor often used for global warming - Sterman believes that what is needed is closer to a new civil rights movement, a large-scale campaign that dramatically changes the public's beliefs and behaviors...
...grabs. Affirmative action and racial justice are [major] issues. The longest a president can serve is a tiny fraction of the [average Supreme Court justice's tenure]. The amount of power that the Supreme Court has is much greater, for better or for worse. We're one vote away from flip-flopping on the law of the land on issue after issue...