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...United Nations the Baruch plan. Main features: i) the U.S. would turn its (then) atomic monopoly over to an international agency (with no veto power for members), and 2) the agreements of the atomic powers would be guaranteed by a workable system of inspection. This was no show-window design; it was perhaps the most remarkable offer in the history of nations, made in all good faith at a time when U.S. military power was demobilizing, and the U.S. was thus offering to give up its major weapon in a world where the Soviets still maintained great military power...
...contestants were important, global warming was the most pressing. “If we don’t have the air we need to breathe in, if we don’t have a stable climate system to live in, all of those other issues really go out the window quickly,” Rogers said. Rogers added that she was looking forward to competing in the Miss America pageant, which will be broadcast on national television. “Rhode Island has never won, so I’m hoping this is the year,” Rogers said...
...thrives in China's growing economy by offering professional skills that are-even in a country of 1.3 billion people-in relatively short supply. But as China continues to grow, and the country continues to educate its people to meet the demands of a market economy, the window of opportunity for Chinese Americans will begin to narrow. Daniel Shih believes that has already started to happen. A Taiwan native who became a U.S. citizen in 1984, Shih, 54, was president of Motorola China from 2003 till last year, managing over 10,000 people. He says the days when Chinese Americans...
...center. The last meeting held on planning for the women’s center attracted all of five undergraduates. The International Relations Council, Harvard’s largest student group and an evictee, boasts a diverse membership numbering in the hundreds. Which is a more accurate window into diversity at Harvard? Another piece of University Hall’s plan fell into place Friday, with the release of student group office assignments in the Quad’s Hilles building. These assignments provide even more conclusive evidence that McLoughlin’s plan must be scrapped. Office space in Hilles...
Although the dinner was a celebration of Bottega Veneta's new Avenue Montaigne store--a place that Maier designed right down to the boulangerie-style window display of rows of woven-leather accessories--there were other reasons for a fte. In addition to new lines of fine jewelry and furniture, Maier opened 18 stores in 2005; 10 more will make their debut this year. He has transformed Bottega Veneta, which is on its way to an estimated $238 million in sales this year, into PPR's second most successful label after Gucci--even surpassing the iconic Yves Saint Laurent brand...