• "That record was pivotal for me, " he said as much for drummer Vernel Fournier's brushwork as for Mr. Jamal's piano playing.

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  • As for America's own Federal Reserve serving as a model for Mr. Daschle's health board: The comparison seems misjudged.

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  • The BBC's Jim Muir in neighbouring Lebanon says the battle for Aleppo is almost as crucial for the regime's survival as the battle for the capital.

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  • Not much for him, anyway, as he's already foregoing his 2012 bonus as penance for RBS's IT meltdown last summer.

    BBC: Another fine mess at RBS

  • Costs will rise and life will become more difficult for U.S. companies trying to do business in China, as well as for U.S. producers and consumers who rely on imports from China.

    FORBES: Congress Poised to Escalate U.S.-China Trade War

  • Pressure from America and Europe is not entirely ineffectual: it seems to have been the catalyst behind Mr Sharon's decision to drop his original demand that the Palestinians hand over the men responsible for Mr Zeevi's murder as Israel's condition for withdrawing.

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  • Some commentators saw the new Leader's recent endorsement of a plan to part-privatise the Royal Mail as a nod to the Right of his party, something to attract floating voters who might as easily vote for David Cameron's Conservatives as for the Lib Dems.

    BBC: NEWS | Programmes | Politics Show | Wales: Where next for Welsh Lib Dems?

  • One SU (especially around the camera), but flip it around and you'll notice what appears to be a pair of front-facing stereo speakers (aka BoomSound as it's marketed as for the One), as well as the same dual soft key implementation on the company's latest flagship.

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  • He cites as reasons the global network's role as a link to each other for expatriate Asians, as well as renewed respect for one's roots.

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  • "It's a decision I respect as it's for family reasons, " added Brown, who also had Pedersen under his command in his days as number two to Sam Allardyce at Bolton.

    BBC: Pedersen quits Hull to move home

  • We hoped to drop by the outfit's CES booth to see if it's upcoming Vita Power Grip could do for Sony's next generation portable as it did for Nintendo's 3DS, but we were told that the grip wasn't quite ready for prime-time.

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  • "The FA's record for chief executives is as bad as football's record for managers, " continued Wilkinson, who took caretaker charge of England for a 2-0 defeat by France in February 1999 and again in October 2000 for a World Cup qualifier against Finland.

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  • But beneath the White House's public pronouncements, fears are mounting inside U.S. national-security agencies about the prospects for Washington's alliance with Cairo, as well as for the regional interests of the U.S. and its allies.

    WSJ: Morsi's Win in Egypt Draws Kudos, Caveats From U.S.

  • He also has served as Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney for Operations, and as Special Counsel to the U.S. Attorney for Professional Development and Legal Policy, and he advises and trains Assistant U.S. Attorneys on issues involving ethics and the Rules of Professional Conduct.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • There are demands for a write-off, as well as for Russia's debts to the West to be offset by notional loans made long ago to Soviet satellite states such as Vietnam, or by the energy debts accumulated more recently by nearby countries such as Ukraine.

    ECONOMIST: Russian debt: Promises, promises | The

  • He said there have been larger gifts to other U.S. universities, but he's unaware of any as large as Munger's for such a purpose.

    NPR: Munger Gives Largest Gift In U. Mich. History

  • The traumas of the 1970's, particularly after the 1973 coup against Chilean president Salvador Allende and the distress caused by a possible U.S. support for the coup as well as U.S. support for all the South American military dictatorships has generated among us a natural rejection for such actions.

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  • The bill would make it explicitly clear that it is not a violation of copyright law to alter somebody's work without permission, as long as it's for private use only and these altered copies of the work are not redistributed in anyway.

    ENGADGET: Congress getting ready to legalize ClearPlay

  • July 8th, the day after he died and the end of a month of official mourning for Abacha's death, had been billed for some time as the moment for Nigeria's new ruler, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, to announce a new programme for the transition to democracy, still promised for October 1st.

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  • So it's not as if it's common for a stay-at-home defenseman such as Salvador, someone who commits his effort to preventing opponents from scoring goals, to transform into a completely different sort of player once the postseason begins.

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  • Buchanan served as a speechwriter in Richard Nixon's administration and as a spokesman for Ronald Reagan's.

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  • In the global village it's harder for scamsters to hide their past, but it's harder as well for reformed sinners to get a fresh start.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But the settlement is likely to do a lot more for Spitzer's gubernatorial ambitions as he gears up for next month's general election than it does for the 66, 000 state teachers ripped off by ING and their own union.

    FORBES: Spitzer's Painful Lesson

  • "It's more thought of as child care for when the parent needs it as opposed to the child's development and really helping prepare for early literacy skills that are going to be the foundation for school, " said Chang, director of Attendance Works, a Maryland-based initiative that mentors districts in fighting absenteeism.

    WSJ: Districts find youngest students among most absent

  • She includes a suggestive aside on the blending of French and Persian inspirations in the Ottoman palace-building of the early 18th century as good an emblem for the empire's strained multiculturalism as you could wish for.

    ECONOMIST: The Ottoman empire

  • Angela Carreon, a 41-year-old Rome resident originally from the Philippines, estimated the crowd was twice as big as for Benedict's last appearance on Feb. 28.

    NPR: Pope Wades Into Crowd Before 1st Window Appearance

  • It is the hall which saw the earliest campaigns against the protectionist Corn Laws (hence the name Free Trade Hall) as well as for women's suffrage.

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  • As for the S Pen, allow us to nitpick for just a moment.

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  • But I think it's very important for the United States to continually deepen its understanding of China, just as it's important for China to continually deepen its understanding of the United States.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds Town Hall with Chinese Youth

  • Advocates also claim that it's pointless for purists to compare HFR with 24 fps as it's mainly intended for 3D and not regular cinema.

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