That is no mere formulaic statement we need to give the Special Envoy the necessary time to carry out this work without being locked into an artificial timetable.

A loyal and grateful alumni network can help to ensure this. The alternative is a formulaic educational experience that not only lacks individual character, but that is also devoid of moral purpose.

A prominent venture capitalist, Tim Draper, wants to put a proposition on the ballot to split California into six separate states. (California often makes big decisions from limiting property taxes to formulaic restrictions on state spending by ballot initiative.)

That report also recognizes that, for growth to accelerate, formulaic approaches to policy making need to give way to more targeted country level diagnostics of the constraints on growth, paying careful attention to capital accumulation, structural and technological change, and inequality.

The US wants to resolve the global crisis by providing substantially more financial help, which Europe is refusing to commit, preferring to focus on financial regulatory reform. In the end, a formulaic compromise will be found to include both in the statement.

But don t count on a new era without some form of direct US Iran discussions. The talks with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany (P5 1) are formulaic, stagnant, and not likely to achieve any breakthrough on their own.