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...than anywhere else on earth. I was delighted that the article noted California's unique attitude to those who try and fail. A pat on the back for trying and having someone tell you to chalk it up to experience is much more likely to promote another, perhaps better, attempt than the scorn that failure usually attracts elsewhere. Robert James-Herbert, Ruse, Australia...
Citing a desire to bolster development, China pledged $10 billion in low-interest loans and other economic benefits to African nations. In Sharm el-Sheikh to announce the plan on Nov. 8, Premier Wen Jiabao dismissed suggestions that the initiative is merely an attempt to broaden China's business interests on the continent. The package--coming on the heels of a $5 billion pledge in 2006--includes clean-energy projects, debt cancellations and tariff exemptions...
...TIME's attempt to divert attention from Northwest's Captain Timothy Cheney and First Officer Richard Cole doesn't fly. Perhaps the entry-level pay grade for pilots could stand improvement, but the "system" was not in charge of the flight that went astray while the pilots lost track of where they were. Two officers, nominally in charge, abandoned their responsibilities and endangered the lives of more than 100 passengers and crew members...
...post. The All-Ivy First Team defender then headed back across goal to freshman Richard Smith, whose shot hit the crossbar. Junior midfielder Alex Chi—who was given an All-Ivy honorable mention this week—got in on the action, and his attempt looked to take a deflection before hitting the crossbar as well...
...holding a meeting," the group wrote in the description for the event on Facebook. "At this meeting, they will attempt to certify their presidential election, but we all know that it will most likely result in more of the verbal diarrhea we've witnessed over the past week...