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...This was supposed to be one of the most interesting races in the country, as the two candidates both have resumes that make them stick out in their parties. Blackwell is the controversial Ohio Secretary of State, whom many Democrats blame for problems some voters had, such as long lines at polling places, on Election Day in 2004. He's one of the major figures in the rise of the conservative, evangelical wing of the Ohio Republican Party and won a difficult primary over a more moderate opponent. And he's one of the few African-American Republicans running statewide...
...young girls, often teenagers, often from East European countries (the "emerging economy" look is big right now), who are in a strange land, away from home and surrounded by people who want to make money off them. So what they really don't need is someone assigning them the blame for being too thin...
...more useful place to start assigning blame might be the designers. (You thought I was going to blame the magazines?) Designers, let's face it, design for the thin. The skinny pants, low-cut jeans, micro-minis and bubble skirts that are coming our way this fall all look fabulous if you're built like a darning needle, but they're just not going to work on us pincushions. Is there really no middle ground between micro-shorts and muumuus? We can build a camera that makes you look slimmer in photographs, but we can't design a flattering outfit...
...Numbers 297 Number of polio infections reported so far this year in India, up from 66 last year 67% Percentage of those cases occurring among Muslims. Health workers blame rumors that Western-manufactured polio vaccines are really birth-control drugs intended to reduce the Muslim birth rate...
...needs to do more to spur fiercer competition at home, as well as to attract more foreign investment and imports. All of that will have to take place in a new political climate. Growing income inequality and a rising poverty rate have become big issues. Some opponents of reform blame this on Koizumi's alleged "market fundamentalism." In fact, the trend began two decades ago-though it has intensified in recent years. Abe's challenge is to combat inequality and provide a better "social safety net" while continuing with market reforms. Such reforms, and the sustained growth they will bring...