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...report painted an alarming picture of what will happen to our Planet Earth within the next few decades as India and China increase greenhouse-gas emissions. But the West, led by the U.S., is pushing us to produce more greenhouse gas. Multinational corporations are prodding China and India to adopt the luxurious Western lifestyle so that they can sell us more of the goodies of modern life. But then the West points an accusing finger at us for doing just what it wants us to do. A little deeper thinking would show that unrestricted consumerism and sustainable development cannot...
...still, this will only be one day in a weekly routine that I am to adopt as my own over the next five months...
...Middle East? American troops have been stationed in Saudi Arabia since 1990, and I cannot understand why, over the past 15 years, the U.S. has not pressured the Saudis toward democracy. Twenty-six million Saudis are controlled by 7,000 members of a dictatorial royal family. That King Abdullah adopt democratic reforms seems only secondary to the oil needs of the U.S. I suppose democracy in Saudi Arabia would not be in America's best interests. Krishnadas Mukundan Etobicoke, Canada...
...Never adopt an analyst's opinion as your own without doing some homework. Even professional money managers with access to the best minds on Wall Street do their own digging. "They look at research to either bolster their confidence or push them to ask more questions," says Michael Mayhew, CEO of Integrity Research Associates of Darien, Conn., which vets research for institutions...
...issue was whether the law school should adopt a policy similar to the one at Harvard Business School, where students are not able to access the wireless network when they are in class because their course schedules have been linked to their wireless access...