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Diane von Furstenberg
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Oct
31
The Best We Can Be
Posted on Oct 31, 2012Things are in recovery mode today. Some buses are active, and many businesses are open. The UN is still closed, but the US Mission has reopened, and I’m going back to work. But everywhere there is evidence that Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc in New York City. The Frankenstorm lived up to its name — it …
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Oct
29
Weathering the Storm
Posted on Oct 29, 2012It’s 8:17 a.m. on a Monday morning, and by now, I’d be having my last sip of coffee and checking to see that I have everything I need in my briefcase, including my security badges — before walking the three short blocks to my office at the U.S. Mission to the UN in New York …
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May
23
Choosing to Represent
Posted on May 23, 2012I attended a DCCC Women’s Power Luncheon today with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi in celebration of her 25 years of service. Congresswomen Karen Bass and Jackie Speier were there to introduce all of us at the well-attended event to 9 strong women Congressional candidates from across the country. And after listening to each one …
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Mar
19
Focusing on Women in the World
Posted on Mar 19, 2012Earlier this month, Tina Brown, Newsweek & The Daily Beast hosted the third annual Women In The World Summit. The agenda was fully packed — Tina doesn’t fool around. This was about sharing as much critical information with the summit attendees from the stellar group of speakers and moderators she’d gathered, in as short a …
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Feb
24
Exercise – The Blessings of Weights and Balances
Posted on Feb 24, 2012When I shattered my wrist several months ago, the experience left me with a titanium plate and nine pins in my wrist. Worse yet, the pain associated with the injury and my extended healing period contributed to my letting my exercise program lapse. This was extremely unfortunate because not only did I lose weight that …
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Feb
17
Keeping Love Alive at Sixty, and Any Age
Posted on Feb 17, 2012When you’re in a long-term loving, passionate relationship — at any age, it’s something worth protecting. To keep a relationship strong, like a muscle, it needs to be exercised, attended to, and thoughtfully, joyfully played with. My twenty-five year marriage with my husband isn’t my first, so I admit that previous to meeting him, I …
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Dec
20
Thank You, Cherie Blair
Posted on Dec 20, 2011Cherie Blair and I recently hosted a special event in Israel to announce a collaborative effort. “Women talking Women” packaged Mrs. Blair’s international clout as a knowledgeable speaker on woman’s issues, her expertise as a business leader, and the obvious fact that she is the wife of Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair, with my …
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Oct
20
Protest or Witch Hunt?
Posted on Oct 20, 2011Though it’s not fresh, hot-off-the-press news that demonstrations similar to Occupy Wall Street are occurring all over the world, I was recently traveling in Asia, and was literally watching the news from the other side of the world, and there is no doubt that this movement has taken on a life of its own. How …
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Sep
12
Are You Contagious?
Posted on Sep 12, 2011How do you rate your health, and the general health of your community? Have you gotten used to washing your hands everywhere you go? Do you carry a little anti-bacterial squirt bottle in your bag or briefcase? Just to put things in perspective for you, though the United States is arguably one of the richest, …
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Jul
13
102 Years — Memories of a Jewish Mother-In-Law
Posted on Jul 13, 2011Our family is saying farewell to Virginia, a gentle giant. The lioness of the Saban clan and mother-in-law to me has died at the age of 102 in Israel. What a life this woman had — what extraordinary global events she witnessed in the past century. Virginia was just a toddler when the world experienced …
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