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...founding constitutional principle. But this time is different: The AKP is far more popular than any of its predecessors; its landslide victory in the election last year - prompted by a stand-off with the powerful generals rejecting the party's nominee for president - was largely a response to economic boom times, but also a sign that Turks are tired of military interference in politics...
...trend is not troubling. In a report aired on National Public Radio (NPR) on Wednesday, one correspondent said that computer science programs across the country are facing an “enrollment crisis.” NPR reported that since the “dot-com” boom ended in 2001, the number of concentrators has been decreasing and now the number has reached its lowest national level. But co-director of Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science Steven J. Gortler said the number of computer science concentrators has been increasing in recent years. “I don?...
...trend is not troubling. In a report aired on National Public Radio (NPR) on Wednesday, one correspondent said that computer science programs across the country are facing an “enrollment crisis.” NPR reported that since the “dot-com” boom ended in 2001, the number of concentrators has been decreasing and now the number has reached its lowest national level. But co-director of Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science Steven J. Gortler said the number of computer science concentrators has been increasing in recent years. “I don?...
...Argentina as Latin American countries with bona fide industries. All have been aided in recent years by new government financing and generous tax breaks for businesses that invest in film - sources that made up almost a quarter of Paraiso Travel's $4.7 million cost. The movie takes the Colombian boom up a notch, into the realm of films like City of God that Latin American critics are calling la buena onda - a more consistent "groove" of first-rate moviemaking that showcases a distinctive Latin feel, a documentary-style realism splashed with artful devices like hopscotch flashbacks and colorfully detailed shots...
...what was once a local issue becomes a deeper question of private property rights and the good of the community.In the 1970s, Austin was still a sleepy liberal enclave in the middle of ultra-red Texas. The movie starts at the beginning of Austin’s boom and traces its transformation into the sixteenth-largest city in the nation with the third-highest growth rate from 2000 to 2006. In a brilliant move, the first part of the film seduces the viewer with Austin’s appeal—Willie Nelson, cowboys, and democrats—while...