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...counterspin is also true. As Obama's trip enters its final turn, with a whirlwind tour of two Turkish metropolises, the president has found his considerable success at setting a new tone for international relations repeatedly frustrated by the harsh reality of how hard the job is. Despite new agreements for international support of the war effort in Afghanistan, victory against Al Qaeda remains a distant, difficult, long-range goal, with the military onus remaining on U.S. combat troops. Furthermore, a consensus of economic observers advise that the economic crisis, though mollified by some international confidence-building agreement, is unlikely...
...center stage at the Olympic opening ceremonies in Beijing. His YouTube videos generate more views than some Billboard Top 100 artists. His record label Deutsche Gramophone headlines him as nothing less than “the future of classical music”. After a whirlwind of high-profile concerto engagements and an international recital tour brought some critics to dub 2008 the “Year of Lang Lang,” Chinese pianist turned classical music rockstar Lang Lang had a tall order to fill at this past Sunday’s Symphony Hall solo recital, a presentation...
...kick off a listening tour of the state he has represented for over a month, Burris suddenly faced tough questions regarding his own possibly conflicting statements about whether he had had contact last fall with Blagojevich's brother about raising money for the governor. And so now, after a whirlwind six weeks that saw the governor defiantly resist calls to resign before finally being ousted, resignation calls are echoing again...
...Congressman survives the current political whirlwind and - a bigger if - should he become the Senate appointee, he will have to fight hard, and fast, to establish himself as an effective legislator. After 13 years in Congress, Jackson has had only one real signature issue: building a new airport on the far edges of Chicago's southern suburbs. It has hardly been a success. While the proposal appeases many of his constituents in suburban Cook County, who view a new airport as a potential economic catalyst for the city, residents of the largely agricultural communities that lie outside his district, where...
...After the article ran, a media whirlwind ensued, and Kopko appeared on the Daily Show and was quoted in the New York Times. DormAid took off and is now available on more than 65 college campuses. The company is valued at about $3 million...