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...course, the next U.S. President will pick up some easy tricks in Europe simply by not being Bush. Diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic say relations have reverted to a more workmanlike calm from the storms that gathered over the preparations for the Iraq war. The Transatlantic Trends survey shows many areas where public opinion on both sides is united, including a surprising willingness to take military action against Iran if diplomacy fails to stop its nuclear program (53% in the U.S., 45% in Europe). More than 70% on both sides of the Atlantic rate terrorism, global warming, Islamic...
...simply be wished away. It may transform itself into a "cafeteria Atlanticism" - wariness in general, coupled with recognition that there will be places both sides need to do business. When Blair chose to fight the anti-American mood inside the Labour Party at its annual conference last week, he picked for guest speaker the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa - a Hispanic environmentalist and public-transit advocate from a state that just passed into law a version of the Kyoto accords. By the time he finished, the delegates were radiating fraternal feelings toward this representative of the U.S. Frenchman Benjamin...
...CRIMSON RESUSCITATES rumors of Cornel West's return to Cambridge from Princeton. Some professors in the African and African American studies department say they've been discussing it since the spring. This piece follows a Boston Globe report in June that broached the same possibility. Will the Prince pick it up soon...
...many seniors and juniors, this is a very special time of year: Dressed in their best and with polished resumés in hand, upperclassmen flock in droves to recruiting events to schmooze, learn about prospective careers, and hopefully pick up a few business cards along the way. Around 1,100 students are currently participating in the on-campus recruiting program, according to Director of the Office of Career Services [OCS] William Wright-Swadel. Before the end of the year, that number is likely to swell to 1,600 or more as curious sophomores and freshmen, in search of internships...
...Iraq was captured and beheaded on video by insurgents. The brutal act enraged the South Korean public, many of whom opposed the planned dispatch of further Korean troops to Iraq, and much of that anger was directed squarely at Ban and the Foreign Ministry. Taxis in Seoul refused to pick up foreign service officers, and there were public calls for Ban's resignation. But instead of panicking, Ban calmly announced that he would be reassessing the ministry, eventually adding a 24-hour telephone hotline that South Koreans abroad could call if they needed help. The rage dissipated, Ban has gone...