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...changed much since 1949. It is still a Leninist system, dominated by the CCP and an oligarchy of its self-selected leaders, which tolerates no opposition. The Party's powerful Organization Department oversees all major appointments in the country, and one must really be a party member to get ahead professionally. Party and government organs remain essentially as they were six decades ago, copied from the Soviet Union...
...least. In the face of a financial shock probably worse than the stock-market crash of 1929, massive government intervention averted a second Great Depression. Yes, we still got the worst economic downturn the U.S. has seen since. But while there are surely lots of potholes and wrong turns ahead, the economy--both in the U.S. and worldwide--appears to be in the early stages of a rebound. We have decisions made by government officials to thank for that...
...slow-paced game, Wake Forest broke the scoreless tie at 61:29 with a goal from Anthony Arena. The freshman received the ball off a corner kick from senior Austin da Luz and placed it inside the left post from six yards out, putting his team ahead for good...
...Crimson shot a tournament-best 299 in the second round of play on Saturday to finish nine strokes ahead of the Lady Quakers from Penn, who entered the second round of the day 10 strokes ahead of Harvard...
...junior coalition party. The biggest foreign policy issue confronting the incoming government is Afghanistan. Germans are increasingly unhappy with their troops' participation in the NATO mission there, but the U.S. and other countries are keen to see Germany shoulder more of the burden. (Read "Afghanistan: Looking for the Way Ahead...