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...debated: how to replicate the private-sector successes throughout the economy while tackling the root causes of public disgruntlement and social unrest. Think again. The two candidates who have emerged as front-runners are both members of a new political generation. But if either has a clear vision for how to lift France out of its economic and social doldrums, they are keeping it well hidden. Nicolas Sarkozy has successfully fought off all his potential rivals to emerge as the candidate of a fractious right. Until recently, his campaign motif was "rupture." As a slogan, it suggests corrective action...
...this moment in Harvard’s history, that danger is a very real possibility. In his short tenure as president, Lawrence H. Summers presented an audacious vision for the future of the University. While he had the passion to execute his plans, he had neither the tact nor the time to succeed. We worry that the University will quickly return to the stagnation that marked the years before his tenure as president...
...there too? I hope so. But he has a far better chance of achieving greatness if he avoids the poisoned chalice that Bush will hand to his successor. At some point, Americans will be ready to shake the trauma of the Iraq disaster and embrace a new President's vision of a better future - and give him the full eight years to pull it off. A Barack run in 2008 wouldn't be a bad thing - even if he loses, a Presidential bid would provide him a national platform and give him time and space to articulate his views...
...though haunting, is visually dark and gloomy against the otherwise cheerful performance. In the end, the sustained energy of the dancers throughout a technically challenging performance outshines any inconsistencies in plot or visual spectacle. Even if Don Quixote himself is sidelined as a character, the audience appreciates his fantastic vision of reality that drives the visual spectacle of the performance...
...historian. “I love Howard Zinn, but sometimes I think there’s a bit of a disconnect,” said Quinn. “You need to have people who are pragmatic in accomplishing the good as well as people who set out the vision in accomplishing what the good...