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Stung by the torrent of criticism of his government, Hu finally decided to act. He and Premier Wen Jiabao warned their satraps to report SARS cases factually or face punishment, and authorized a massive media campaign to educate the masses about the disease--an almost revolutionary policy shift for a leadership structure that feels more comfortable with obfuscation than openness. On Wednesday, Hu appointed Wu Yi, a tough-talking former Trade Minister, to take over responsibility for the government's fight against SARS. Some China watchers believe that the public clamor for transparency may create an opportunity...
Council members say Lewis helped make possible an overarching shift in the council’s major goals—away from activism on national and international issues and towards student services—which may not have worked as effectively without a powerful administrative liaison...
Former Council President Paul A. Gusmorino ’02—widely regarded as a leader in the council’s shift towards student services—says that the attention Lewis gave the group was a key part of making the council relevant...
...condom on a banana like nobody’s business. Not because I’m a pervert or shit like that, but because I sheath magnum on my mango-root all the time, right before I have sex with ultimate stick-shift honeys like yourself...
...with "smoking gun" evidence proving as elusive now as it was before the invasion began, some coalition officials are trying to shift attention away from the search and onto the coalition's achievement in ousting Saddam. Administration officials even told ABC's Nightline that weapons of mass destruction were not actually the primary reason for going to war; instead, they became the focus of Bush administration efforts to win domestic and international backing for an invasion whose objective was to establish a beachhead for democracy against terrorism in the Middle East. "We were not lying," one official told the network...