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...incoming Obama Administration - and who knows how many U.S. Administrations after Obama's - may need to prepare for lifetime re-election for Chávez, because this time he could very well get it. And no matter how passionately the anti-U.S. firebrand keeps working to thwart Washington's interests in the hemisphere, there is very little Washington can do about it, since the U.S. gets almost 15% of its oil imports from Venezuela...
...Commission won't complete its investigation until next spring, but Kroes is already threatening firm action against drug companies that conspire to thwart European competition rules...
...handed the Bulls the Big East title and a top-ten ranking.Tonight, Harvard will look to do what no other team has been able to. Junior Brian Grimm will have to make it more difficult for the Bulls to pass the ball in midfield if the Crimson is to thwart the South Florida attack and get through to the third round. Grimm has shown himself to be a valuable asset in his first season as a full-time starter, protecting the already solid back four of senior Michael Giammanco, junior Kwaku Nyamekye, co-captain Luke Sager, and sophomore Robert Millock.Despite...
...peep-show footage, air disasters, tight-rope walkers, and myriad other images, set to the sounds of Ottorino Respighi’s “The Pines of Rome.” Its narrative framework, to the extent that there is one, is fleeting. Conner takes pains to thwart any clear interpretation, but motifs of modern warfare, performitivity, the Freudian return to the womb, and the sex and death drives all figure heavily in “A Movie.”It’s difficult, well-nigh impossible, to summarize satisfactorily the vision or intention behind...
...Quai de l'Ile, above, is unlike any watch Vacheron Constantin has ever made: it's customizable and impossible to copy. Buyers can choose from nearly 400 combinations of metals and dials. (A rose-gold crown with a titanium bezel, perhaps?) And to further thwart counterfeiters, Vacheron has enlisted Roger Pfund, the designer behind the Swiss passport and banknote, to institute high-security details like offset printing and a polymer film on the crystal dial. A custom watch takes only three months...