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...about a quarter of the figure for Thailand. Those numbers don't bode well for Vietnam's ambitions to move into higher-end electronics and outsourcing. Tom Vallely, director of the Vietnam program of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, says the country's universities aren't churning out enough qualified engineers, IT workers and managers: "You are already seeing a skilled-worker shortage...
...lists. There at No. 3 stands Tina Brown's biography of the Essex Girls' inspiration--Diana, Princess of Wales, who died 10 years ago next month. Diana famously loved the U.S. for reasons that have seduced countless Brits over the centuries. On the western side of the Atlantic you aren't judged by your parentage or whether you streak your hair. And the weather is better...
...didn't start out that way. I'm certainly open to persuasion that these private-equity deals are on balance a good thing, that they clear the cobwebs from dusty corners of the economy. But that doesn't mean they need or deserve a huge tax break. Tax breaks aren't free. Lower taxes on Stephen Schwarzman mean either higher taxes on somebody else or a bigger national debt...
There are forums in which the need to exchange information anonymously is compelling. But there aren't many, and in most cases it's just a temptation. Look at Amazon, which since 2004 has urged anonymous reviewers to fess up to their real names, lest authors be tempted to review their own books. Viewed as a social experiment in good faith among anonymous equals, the Internet is not succeeding. The masked ball is in danger of becoming a hooded...
...Does it tell us that we don't value young inner-city kids as much as soldiers? Yes, but like anything involving guns, nothing is that simple in America. One reason more people aren't outraged about the deaths of schoolchildren is that they don't know how to fix it. As Kahan and others have found in repeated studies, Americans see guns not through a lens of 20/20 facts but through an elaborate stained-glass window. Are you a big proponent of authority? If so, you probably see guns as a way to make the world safer...