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...Several pundits have criticized the extreme nature of the vetting process used by the questionnaire, though the transition team stands by the measure, defending it as a necessary step toward their goal of avoiding the influence-peddling and personnel scandals that have plagued past transitions. While the questionnaire may seem intimidating, the questions it poses aren't necessarily intended to give a good sense of an applicant's ability to successfully perform a government job. It's also unlikely that a few wrong answers would be reason enough for elimination, especially given that the President-elect himself would not have...
...Indian Hindu wife when I lived in London for some 20 years. I am often asked where I feel I belong. I always used to answer that I am a citizen of the world. I didn't have a better answer as I could never feel true patriotism toward any country. Obama's win has been like an open-armed welcome. Today, if someone asked me where I feel I belong, I would proclaim sincerely: "Ich bin ein Amerikaner!" Gan Amram-Oymak, BERLIN...
...YORK CITY Color is key for SoHo hipsters who gravitate toward Kate Spade's laptop case...
...Harvard’s economics department.In the early 1990s, Andrei Shleifer had been the Russian project director for the Harvard Institute for International Development, which received funding from the U.S. State Department’s Agency for International Development to advise the former communist country as it moved toward economic privatization. During his time advising the Russian government, Shleifer invested personally in the country, and in 2004, a federal judge found Shleifer liable for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. The judge also ruled that Harvard had breached its government contract, and the University paid $26.5 million to settle...
...race and initially refusing to back any of his rivals, Delanoë on Monday endorsed Aubry, who favors a more orthodox leftist counterattack on Sarkozy's neo-liberal, pro-market reforms that might also win support of Green and Communist Party voters who resent the PS's recent drift toward the center. However, it's uncertain that Delanoë's more moderate but now angry supporters will back Aubry in sufficient numbers to deny Royal - especially with Hamon splitting the party's left flank. So in the immediate wake of the Reims congress, the PS remains a party in search...