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...Since 2003 London has played host to such political dramas as David Hare's Stuff Happens and Richard Norton Taylor's Called to Account, in which Tony Blair is put on trial for "aggression against Iraq." But the latest offering, Baghdad Wedding, written by Iraq expatriate Hassan Abdulrazzak, doesn't focus on political impact of the war. It looks at what has happened to Iraq's middle classes, in particular those who have fled to the safety of western cities like London, Paris and New York...
...plate and buying more dollar-based assets. Why? Because they see real value in U.S. stocks and bonds at current exchange rates. This might seem wrongheaded, because there are plenty of reasons to be bearish on the dollar (and on dollar assets like U.S. stocks). The massive U.S. current-account deficit, which consists of the trade deficit and other transfers, shows no signs of disappearing. So investors know that they will have to contend with an increasing supply of dollars for years to come...
Lowe lived a mute and by his own account diminished life for five decades in all before he finally got a break last year. He made it happen by standing in line for 13 hours at the Wise Country Fairgrounds in the mountains of southwestern Virginia, where a nonprofit volunteer group called the Rural Area Medical Health Expedition once a year provides free medical and dental treatment to all comers. For thousands of men and women like Lowe who crowd the health fair every year, it represents the only medical care they ever receive. The dentists couldn't help Lowe...
...scary that the U.S. is importing dangerous Chinese products for use by unknowing American consumers. It's even scarier that Georgetown professor Pietra Rivoli thinks that the importing companies should be responsible. That would be the same as putting Congress in charge of your bank account. It is the business of the Federal Government to protect its citizens from dangerous imports. Unfortunately, the current Federal Government will look the other way as citizens die from dangerous products if the Chinese government buys more American stuff. Does that sound like a good trade...
...only are the little worlds old, but they're also odd. Vesta, which measures about 330 miles (531 km) at maximum diameter, or roughly the width of Arizona, is thought to account for 1 out of 20 meteorites that strike Earth, while Ceres, which is closer to us, provides none. One reason might be simply that Vesta is made of denser stuff, material that when it breaks away can remain intact through the long journey to Earth. "Ceres is not very thick," says Russell, "and whenever there's an impact, it knocks off ice and a lot of dust that...