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...impressive 32 percent more than any other American university. It took Rudenstine's finesse, but graduates were plenty willing to give back to the University whose diploma helped land them in their posh Upper East Side or Louisberg Square homes. It couldn't have been too difficult to woo those still attached to Fair Harvard and still able to belt out "10,000 Men of Harvard" by heart. Little else--besides tax deductions--could explain their willingness to throw bills back at their alma mater...
...fast is the once-dominant sales pitch about his plan being the road to economic recovery. (Bush will find the argument handier as he pushes for speedy part-by-part passage, starting with the nonnegotiable - according to Bush - across-the-board cuts, because it remains a convenient way to woo crossover Democrats.) But the emphasis is clearly back on passing a cut for that classic Republican reason: "Giving the people their money back...
With or without close military support, Wahid also needs to woo back Megawati Sukarnoputri, his Vice President and leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. A populist and daughter of Sukarno, the country's first leader after independence, Megawati, 54, considers Wahid to be a longtime friend. She even whips up breakfast every Wednesday for him. The President insists that Megawati still supports him, but her party certainly does not. Diplomats in Jakarta say that her party satraps are not alone in telling Megawati she must turn against Wahid; the generals also are pledging their loyalty...
...Hill, it's now widely assumed that while Bush spreads goodwill, Cheney will sow fear. He is the Administration's chief enforcer. His task is not to woo Democrats but to keep fractious Republicans in line. Senator John McCain got a glimpse of that Cheney two weeks ago, when he arrived at the White House for what he thought would be a private meeting with the President to discuss campaign-finance reform. Cheney was there too. And though Bush suggested he was open-minded about McCain's proposal to restrict campaign funding, Cheney made it clear he wasn't. McCain...
...tight labor market has prodded companies to satisfy their employees' ever increasing need for work/life balance and social consciousness--or risk losing them to more progressive competitors. This is especially true in fields like technology, financial services, banking, insurance, travel and law, where employers have to work hard to woo top talent...