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...therefore the unanimous determination of the EC that the e-mails sent by Hayward/Zhang staffer constitute a violation of rules 2.5 and 2.7, and additionally demonstrate a failure to instruct staff to observe these rules as required by the EC. This is despite the campaign having already been penalized for this same offense yesterday...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hayward Campaign on Time-out | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...result, Washington for weeks now has been looking for a way to bless the November balloting with or without Zelaya's restoration. Zelaya had hoped that Shannon would also persuade the leading candidate in the presidential race, Porfirio Lobo, to instruct legislators from his opposition National Party to endorse Zelaya's reinstatement under the new accord. But in an interview with TIME, Lobo made it clear that this would not happen. "Micheletti and Zelaya made a pact, and as long as that pact is carried out the world has to recognize the elections as valid," he says. "So at this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubles for a Deal — and for Obama — in Honduras | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...measure of how contentious work relationships can get that the author, a psychiatrist, draws on hostage-negotiation techniques to instruct readers on how to deal with "defiant executives, angry employees or self-destructing management teams." A frequent reaction to such recalcitrance is arguing. Stop raising your voice, says Goulston. A better course would be to "listen, ask, mirror, and reflect back to people what you've heard." By making people feel understood, you are likely to see a more conciliatory colleague. Mission accomplished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

Obama did pledge - as he has before - to end the Pentagon's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. But once again he said nothing specific about how he plans to do that and didn't acknowledge that he already has the statutory power to instruct the Pentagon that investigating service members' sexuality is not in the best interest of the armed forces. Also, he said that gay relationships can be "just as real and admirable" as straight relationships, but he did not say gay couples should be treated equally. Obama, after all, still opposes equal marriage rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Gay Outreach: All Talk, No Action | 10/11/2009 | See Source »

...privately to the Libyans that they wanted him released," said Conservative Party leader David Cameron, calling for an inquiry into the affair. Brown angrily rejected that interpretation of events: "On our part, there was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double-dealing, no deal on oil, no attempt to instruct Scottish ministers, no private assurances by me to Colonel Gaddafi." (Watch a TIME video with Gordon Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Documents Reveal British Role in Lockerbie Bomber's Release | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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