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...lasted an hour. Later in the day, Musharraf traveled five blocks to Singh's hotel, the New York Palace, where the two delivered a joint statement saying their talk had been "constructive and frank" and that they discussed Kashmir, the major issue dividing the two nations. Singh quoted a wise and encouraging Urdu couplet that goes: "For mistakes of the moment, generations may have to pay the price." By Anthony Spaeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...council is in a transitional phase in the wake of the termbill increase, and we have plenty of terrific student groups who have proposed good uses of council funds. How to maximize the impact on student life by wise spending is what should be our focus, along with serious debate on priorities and goals, without meaningless grandstanding...

Author: By Clay Capp, | Title: The UC's Phantom Menace | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...have to tell the jury that this kid has had a clean record and seems to be a good person,” Toobin says. “They have to do it in a way that makes his client seem humble and wise, not arrogant...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: With a Harvard Student as the Defendant, the Case Could Swing Either Way | 9/24/2004 | See Source »

...wise fortune cookie once told me that “Never a wise step was made by standing still.” I propose that Harvard starts walking in the following direction...

Author: By Gregory B. Michnikov, | Title: A First-year Advising Plan | 9/22/2004 | See Source »

...This country’s attractiveness to investors hinged on the greed of its government. Judging from this example, those firms that do get their money’s worth in Central Asia will be the lucky few. And they are likely to be Chinese, since it is seldom wise even for the greediest of Central Asian bureaucrats to anger a larger, more powerful neighbor’s state-owned enterprises when they are busily investing in your country’s natural resources...

Author: By Alexander B. H. turnbull, ALEXANDER B. H. TURNBULL | Title: Journey to the West | 9/21/2004 | See Source »

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