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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Many observers think the Chamber, in so zealously opposing so much of the Democrats' agenda, may be its own worst enemy. Peter Darbee, PG&E's CEO, applauds Donohue's effort to rehabilitate the American public's faith in free enterprise in the wake of the past year's troubles." But he added, "I'm struck by the irony that, as we try to restore public trust in business on the one hand, on the other the Chamber's behavior on the climate issue only reinforces stereotypes that erode that very same confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Chamber of Commerce Its Own Worst Enemy? | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

...wake of the financial crisis and the subsequent recession, practical pressures once foreign to the school have pushed their way to the fore...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Martha Minow Faces Challenges | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...bashful technocrat, would finally rise up to challenge the unrivaled dominance of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. After all, they thought, he is technically the commander in chief of the country and he has cultivated the image of a reformer intent on bringing true democracy to Russia. But in the wake of rampant fraud allegations in local elections, Medvedev yet again disappointed the hopeful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medvedev Dashes Hopes for More Democracy in Russia | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...site of last minute cramming, illegal parties, and early morning wake-up calls (courtesy of its bells), Thayer, according to Hollow Hills, was once the home of a textile mill. For what we can only assume were the mill’s amazing health benefits or notable 401(k) plan, its employees haven’t seemed to want to quit for a few centuries...

Author: By Nicole Savdie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thayer and its Friendly Ghost | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...wake of World War II, the relay took on more peaceful overtones. For 
the 1948 Summer Games in London, the relay's first runner, a Greek army 
corporal, symbolically removed his military uniform before setting off. Four
 years later, the first torch relay for Oslo's Winter Olympics started in Morgedal,
 Norway, the birthplace of skiing pioneer Sondre Norheim. That relay also featured the
 torch's first trip in an airplane. (For the 1992 Winter Olympics in
 Albertville, France, the torch got an upgrade, flying from Athens to Paris on the famed Concorde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympic-Torch Relay | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

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