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...bitter fight to confirm the Indiana University Law School professor as the Administration's top legal adviser was hardly the most high-profile nomination battle that the Administration has waged. Nor was it the most vital unfilled job on the Obama bench, sandwiched between a Supreme Court opening and a crucial security position that remains vacant, director of the Transportation Security Administration. (See the fiercest Supreme Court-nomination battles...
...chief concern of the U.S. is to prevent the new leadership from kicking out the U.S. air base in the northern city of Manas, which is a vital transport link for America's war in nearby Afghanistan. About 50,000 coalition troops passed through it in March alone. On Saturday, Otunbayeva assured U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the new Kyrgyz government would abide by previous agreements to let Manas operate. But the Russian government has lobbied hard to force Kyrgyzstan to evict it, with a senior Russian official telling reporters on April 8 that "in Kyrgyzstan, there should...
...Awareness of body language and facial expression is among the social skills lost on a majority of the young people to whom I teach etiquette. I advise them to take small breaks from their gadgets and focus on actual conversations to gain vital skills they won't absorb via text or tweet. Maura Graber Ontario, Calif...
...HUDS Executive Director Ted A. Mayer said in a joint statement that for the earthquake’s three-month anniversary they want to “both acknowledge and support our local Haitian community, and extend our hand and our hopes for continued international support during the vital rebuilding period...
...wants to see him before she dies. Abandoning his swiffer, he rushes to her side—but what begins as a redemptive romantic comedy turns twisted and eerie as soon as Don sets foot in his hometown. Sonny differs greatly from the girl McKay remembers, and seems strangely vital for a dying woman. Her caretakers, live-in nurse Marie (Melissa Leo) and Dr. Lance Pryce (James Rebhorn), are on suspiciously intimate terms with their patient. Remembering their long history together, Sonny asks Don to share her bed, and the two sleep together on his first night back. The following...