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...favorite plays of all time,” Wright said. “Laura and I knew that it would be a daunting task, but we wanted to do something that would be a challenge and also fulfilling for our senior spring.”A key element of the play is its meshing of reality and fantasy. One of the challenges both the cast and crew faced was how to interconnect these two realms together effectively to produce a moving play about the characters’ journeys to both physical and emotional wellness.“These fantastical scenes...
...key element in President Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy is getting Pakistan to fight the Taliban on its side of the border. But despite the Administration's demanding a more concerted effort against militants on Pakistani soil as a condition for further aid to Pakistan's military - and warnings by Centcom commander General David Petraeus and others that the Taliban threatens to destroy Pakistan as a state - many in Washington and beyond are skeptical that Pakistan will cooperate...
...Angela Merkel, who with Sarkozy had insisted on banishing any Anglo-Saxon laxity from financial regulation, also expressed satisfaction at the conclusion of the summit, which produced not only a six-point communiqué but also two detailed annexes on how a tighter regulatory regime would work. But the key to success, Merkel added at her closing press conference, would be how those measures are implemented. "That's why I'm glad we've agreed to another G-20 meeting, to check our progress," she said. A date and venue for the next meeting have not yet been...
...what are the key points agreed on, and how will they play out? The leaders neatly skirted the biggest point of contention in the run-up to the summit: whether to boost national economic-stimulus packages. Instead, the G-20 focused on two other significant areas: the funds available to international institutions to help poor or struggling economies to withstand the crisis, and tougher global regulation of financial markets. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...other key set of decisions concerns financial regulation and corporate behavior in a wider sense, an area that had been pushed by France and Germany but long resisted by some others. Under the deal, hedge funds and other financial-market players will be subject to far greater - and properly coordinated - international scrutiny, as will big banks with activities in several countries. "We'll begin to crack down on cowboys in global markets," said Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The tax-haven issue that almost sank the summit means that those not complying with international standards on exchanging information will...