Some of the faces in the 2011 Forbes The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list are familiar (hello, Hillary) and some you may have never seen before. But what do an overwhelming percentage of them have in common? They’re wearing pearls in the portrait Forbes used in its list! Continue reading for a full gallery and profiles.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented an unusual gift to Hillary Clinton, which the Secretary of State found unexpected and hilarious. What was it?
The title is perhaps not a fully accurate description for the subject of this post (I can never resist a Shakespeare reference) but surely President Obama’s personal secretary counts as an honorary member of his household. Katie Johnson has been Obama’s secretary since his election and is (among other things) one of the fifteen people who have access to the Commander in Chief’s Blackberry number. I was scrolling through a photo collection on the New York Times‘ website and stumbled across an intriguing shot of Obama checking his phone in the foreground and a young staffer blurred in the background. Who is this staffer?
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