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When the United States struggled to respond to Hurricane Katrina and the disastrous flooding of New Orleans in August 2005, John McCain backed the Bush administration’s actions. He urged people to avoid “premature judgments” in that chaotic time. Now, struggling to remain in the public eye as presidential politics swirl around Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, McCain has conveniently condemned President Bush’s handling of Katrina, contradicting his campaign message of “straight talk...
...enough, Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer limited himself to calling the results a "competitive set of earnings." And he was quick to point out that "Shell has the largest capital spending program in our industry today, to ... play our part in ensuring that energy markets remain well supplied." That slight air of defensiveness is easy to understand. Where corporate profits are concerned, "everybody thinks it goes into the pockets of senior people," says Webley. "That is far from the case." The suggestion is that Shell and BP's profits will be plowed back into exploration rather...
...decision to do VES was sort of a decision that I wanted to create art for the rest of my life,” Miller says. “I realized at the end of high school that being creative was too important to me to just remain a hobby. I came here ultimately knowing I wanted to do VES and along with that knowing that I wanted to create art professionally or at least as a main part of my life...
...Medical School will retain and operate certain education-oriented programs that had been part of HMI, Pieper added. Approximately 60 HMI employees will now work for Partners, according to a letter sent to HMI employees by Partners President James J. Mongan. And interim HMI chief Andrew A. Jeon will remain president and chief executive of the new Partners-owned organization. Pieper said yesterday that he thought the transfer to Partners would help expand HMI’s reach. “I think that with the additional clinical capacities of Partners HealthCare, PHMI would have a somewhat broader and deeper...
...recent advertisements for the NBA playoffs and the 1986 film “Highlander,” the cover fails to advance the primary’s plot: We always knew there would only be one. That was why we were having the election. If things are truly to remain unresolved until the Democratic convention in August, the whole script needs a rewrite. If we’ve learned anything from films like “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever,” it’s that audiences will...