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...important issues in the run-up to a G8 conference. But it is quite another thing when he goes so far as to tell Canada’s head of government not to bother attending the Gleneagles Summit unless he’s willing to implement, posthaste, a major shift in his country’s foreign aid policy. Geldof crossed the line with his admonition of Prime Minister Martin, which is a real shame, because the man just might have a point, after...
...McDowell said he worried that in the new trial, the defense could shift the focus of the case to the “race and class [of Colono and Rodriguez],” as opposed to the “hard evidence of what actually happened” on April...
Romney’s shift in support away from the compromise has drawn the ire of same-sex marriage supporters, some of whom accuse Romney of pandering to conservatives outside the state to further possible presidential aspirations...
...Cambridge Footlights revue, he belittled the theater as an art form. His turn to the stage, abandoning a novel halfway through, was an act of desperation. "I lost faith in my own voice, and I liked the stage because the characters do all the talking for you." The shift brought criticism: "I was very conscious of the disapproval of friends and reviewers who felt I was taking a rather sharp step downward." Since then, however, playwriting has won Frayn a wider following and much more money than his earlier ventures: Noises Off has been running for four years in London...
...countries to show displeasure, but American diplomats are hopeful that this time around the ballerinas and the piano players will not be pawns in the game between East and West. Both capitals appear committed to make this exchange agreement work, and there is no sign so far of any shift because of the U.S. bombing of Libya two weeks...