On that score, the momentum amongst Russian policymakers to the BRIC concept is even stronger than I recalled, and being on a panel with a number of them and representatives from the other BRIC nations left me positively impressed that it is not just talk.

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It was clear to me that he was impressed by the Swedish zero tolerance approach as a "statement of the sort of society we want".

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But it was the stock analyst in me that was really impressed.

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Even though I had addressed 3, 300 people at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students the night before, it was my interactions with these girls and their affinity for STEM education that impressed me.

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This human command and control center was awesome, and impressed within me certain lessons I have never forgotten, even though it has been 43 years since I passed through the trading room for the newsroom.

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However, for me, it's your core principle that I am so impressed with, of providing opportunities for amazing young people -- amazing young people -- (applause) -- giving folks a second, and third, and fourth chance, particularly low-income youth.

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When contacted by the BBC, Mr Gibson said he was not "overly impressed" by the church response adding "they failed to discuss the matter with me when it was about me".

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