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...first sign of trouble comes around two hours from Eldoret in the hills of Kenya's Rift Valley. Several pine trees have been felled across the road, forcing a detour through the forest. A few minutes later, we come across a road-sign barrier bent across the highway. "You cannot imagine that this is Kenya," mutters Preston, my driver. We come to several more roadblocks manned by men sitting by the side of the road. Their breath smells of banana beer, and they want money and news of Nairobi. Some of them check Preston's tribe. I congratulate myself...
...turbocharged loonie shot past the U.S. greenback for the first time in nearly 31 years this September and kept right on soaring. Fueled by record prices for Canadian commodities, a surge in foreign investment and anxiety over the subprime-mortgage meltdown, the loonie broke the $1.10 barrier in early November. It has since settled close to parity. "The U.S. dollar is going to stay weak against major currencies for a while," says Dan Katzive, director of currency strategy at Credit Suisse in New York City...
...more intense scenes, such as when she is possessed by a frantic Sumerian-speaker. Otherwise, when called upon for subtle acting in normal conversations, her performance becomes lifeless. Such difficulties may be linked to the fact that English is not the mother tongue of this German/Romanian actress. The language barrier may also account for the usually exceptional Swiss actor Bruno Ganz’s flat depiction. “Youth Without Youth,” an ambitious film, falls short of success. Coppola tries to compensate for the lack of a coherent storyline and weak performances with grand dramatic music...
Hyman, who chairs HUSEC, said that while he desired to push forward on similar initiatives in other areas, Harvard’s historically decentralized structure remains a barrier...
...tell you more about the litany of Georgia's self-inflicted water woes [Nov.26]. The urbanization (officially known as "revitalization") of Jekyll Island, a barrier-island state park, is moving forward under a full head of steam. Plans include a new convention center, shopping center, hotels, condos, cottages and time-shares.The influx of thousands of visitors will undoubtedly overtax the current water allotment from the Floridan Aquifer. To meet increasing water requirements, Governor Sonny Perdue had better spend more time praying to bring down a deluge of biblical proportions...