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...port. Now Nauru can only afford to pay him and his fellow ministers, including the nation's president, $A100 a fortnight. Even the minister must rely on relatives catching fish to feed him and his family. It's a sorry fall from the 1960s and '70s when phosphate exports brought the 21-sq. km republic wild riches. Now the wealth, and most of the phosphate, is gone, squandered in poor investment decisions, mismanagement and corruption. An overseas property portfolio once worth...
...early death have made him a cult hero, while his songs - or one of his songs - have turned him into TV's hottest sound-track artist, the bard of the Very Special Episode. The cult came first, and it feeds off more than one tragedy. Buckley's father, '70s folk singer Tim Buckley, abandoned his mother, pianist Mary Guibert, before Jeff was born, and father and son ended up meeting just once, in 1975, two months before the elder Buckley died of a heroin overdose at age 28. Jeff never spoke kindly of his dad, but he did inherit...
...labor landscape as it currently exists would be virtually unrecognizable to Harvard workers and administrators from the ’70s, says Professor of Economics Lawrence C. Katz, when virtually all Harvard custodial, dining and security workers were employed directly by the University...
...maybe she’s right. Fashion has always been connected to politics. After all, the sexy look first started during the sexual liberation movements of the 70s. And now, the return to conservative dressing seems to forecast a return to conservative values. Across the board, fashion analysts point to a “backlash” against overtly sexual attire. Apparently, America’s gotten tired of the sexually aggressive woman, and now the demure lady is back. But women’s roles shouldn’t change with the hemlines each season, nor should they...
FAILING TO CONNECT THE DOTS Before al-Qaeda's attacks, the agency was still risk averse, a result of investigations into power abuses in the '70s. Key intelligence--including proof that al-Qaeda suspects were entering the U.S.--wasn't shared with other agencies until it was too late, and field officers were more likely to be stationed in embassies than inside enemy territory. Congress is debating reforms, and Goss wants to encourage more risk taking...