Word: washington
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...Gaddafi, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1969, abandoned his pursuit of nuclear weapons earlier this decade. At the behest of his son Seif, Gaddafi opened talks with U.S. officials about renewing ties with Washington. The U.S. lifted sanctions in 2004; last year, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid Gaddafi a visit...
...grain. The success of the overall operation demonstrates that sustainable food can work at an institutional scale bigger than an élite restaurant, a small market or a gourmet's kitchen - provided customers support it. "Ultimately it's going to be consumer demand that will cause change, not Washington," says Fedele Bauccio, Bon Appétit's co-founder. (See pictures of two farms in Nebraska...
...year - never mind that flu kills some 36,000 of us annually. But this flu season is likely to be different. Thanks to the new H1N1/09 virus, to which almost none of us are immune, flu anxiety is high - and demand for the new vaccine should be too. Washington is now gearing up to respond, hoping to inoculate millions of Americans and blunt the severity of the first pandemic in four decades...
...fellowship] gives you a chance to focus and reflect on your own work in an environment that is not Washington and is outside the Beltway bubble of political-speak," Daughtry said. "You're in a place of learning where the entire purpose is to learn and grow and engage, and to have that kind of time at a place like Harvard is really stimulating and invigorating...
...Washington Mutual • woman's house is mistakenly auctioned...