Word: alongism
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...liberalization of their economies, together with the promise of joining the E.U. (which all three did in 2004), drove dizzying growth. Rapidly rising wages and property prices fueled the exuberance. In cities like Tallinn, families borrowed to buy their own homes for the first time. Flashy cars bumped along cobblestone streets, while high-end restaurants catered to the new moneyed class, serving mojito cocktails and champagne for lunch. "It was like New York City in the 1980s," says Imre Kose, chef de cuisine at Vertigo, one of the city's trendiest restaurants. "Everything was on credit and everything was materialistic...
...Obama’s victory will engender Hope in aspiring new leaders around the world—the Hope of better individuals. This goes beyond the politics of identity and into the general politics of life. Obama’s multicultural heritage is not the only symbol of possibility. Along with it comes his way of leadership, reflected in the way his campaign was conducted. The Obama team tapped into the American psyche and conveyed a multicultural, unifying, and somehow still unique personal narrative. Regardless of who Barack was before the election, he became a storybook man over the past...
...neighborhoods like hers. Gray said she wants the basics: cracked sidewalks repaved, enough funding so that largely black and Latino urban public schools can compete with the predominately white schools in affluent suburbs. "Just look around," she said on Election Day, pointing to a long row of blighted buildings along one of Gary's main boulevards, Broadway Street. "There's 101 things that need to be done." (See the next President's to-do list...
There's no doubting that Obama's candidacy represents the shattering of many of the racial barriers that have long been entrenched in America. But it is also worth tempering those expectations. Standing in the crisp breeze along Chicago's Michigan Avenue, on the night of Obama's election, Freddie Arnett, a 51-year-old maintenance supervisor, expressed hope that Obama would show concern for urban affairs. But Arnett acknowledged, "I know it's going to take time...
...flames. As police and ambulances rushed to the scene to carry dozens of injured motorists to the hospital, it was reported that the plane had been carrying Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexico's equivalent of a Vice President. Mouriño died instantly in the crash along with seven others, including a top security adviser and former federal prosecutor, José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, who had dedicated much of his career to the fight against drug gangs. (See pictures of Mexico's drug wars...