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...chairman anymore. At the oil giant's annual meeting in Dallas on Wednesday, nearly 40% of shareholders voted to separate the roles of CEO and chairman atop the oil giant. It was more support than most such proposals get, yet still far shy of a majority - a clear sign that even with high-profile support, shareholder activists are still fighting an uphill battle in trying to convince U.S. investors and corporations that independent chairmen act as counterweights to CEOs and help to create better-run companies...
...Haredi. In Bnei Brak, police say one rapist in ultra-orthodox garb is stalking preteen girls, cornering them in dark hallways or in parks. It took weeks before religious elders alerted the police to the sexual predator, who has yet to be caught. But authorities say it is a sign of changing times that the Haredi children, and their parents, did not endure these crimes in silence...
...left office, Blair was deeply unpopular in Britain, and not just because of Iraq; Britons were tired of what they saw as a government of constant spin, tinged, toward the end, with sleaze. Though Blair's successor, Gordon Brown, has seen his own popularity plummet, there is no sign yet that Blair's reputation in the U.K. has been rehabilitated...
...Days of Purpose" programs. And it was streamed from his website in hopes of capturing some of the half-million church leaders Warren and his team claim to have trained in his theological and organizational tenets over the last quarter-century. Even if only a fraction of those sign on, the resources at the disposal of the PEACE plan will continue to mushroom...
...just being the rich and famous. "Today, there are more CEOs and fewer civil servants, more sports stars and more show-business personalities [nominated for the Legion]," lamented an editorial in the conservative daily Le Figaro. "This intrusion of glitter shocks certain purists who see it as the sign of the corruption of the Legion of Honor's original vocation." But at least it will have recognized the "Power of Love...