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...winning Soviet hearts and minds in the process. Obama could make clear that any China critiques apply only to the leadership; one way would be to simply replace mentions of China with references to the Communist Party in every State Department report. At the same time, he could boost U.S.-China person-to-person links by expanding student visas, opening more U.S. consulates in interior China and restoring State Department visitor and exchange programs...
...fashion glossies, which once rarely had cover models of color, would be jockeying for photo shoots with Michelle. That a TV business with long-standing diversity issues would be fascinated with this family's values. And that a still white-dominated press would look to a black man to boost its bottom line, fix the economy and save the planet. But will he still have time to take the kids to school when he's done? Tune in next week and find...
...other words, small wind may not be small potatoes for much longer. And that could be a boost for domestic green businesses as well: U.S. firms control 98% of the small-wind market, in contrast to large-scale wind and solar, in which foreign manufacturers dominate. "Since the tax credit, our phone has been ringing off the hook," says Andy Kruse, a co-founder of Southwest Windpower, a major small-scale-turbine producer in Flagstaff, Ariz. "It's really exciting to see the market coming...
...Help may be on the way. The troubled industry got a small boost in August, when 204 Indonesian professionals - mostly experienced nurses - arrived to work at over 100 Japanese care centers and hospitals as part of a new economic agreement between Japan and Indonesia. The program plans to bring about 800 more Indonesian caregivers to Japan over the next two years - an unprecedented move in a country that has never allowed foreign labor in this large sector before. "The question is whether the labor shortage can be solved by Japanese hands alone," says Yuko Hirano, associate professor of health sociology...
...Monday, Alperon, 53, donned a jaunty black fedora and sunglasses and drove to a Tel Aviv courthouse to boost the spirits of a son who was being indicted for allegedly running an extortion racket. Afterward, Alperon climbed into a white Volkswagen (he wasn't all that flashy a mobster) and drove into a busy thoroughfare, where the bomb, set off by remote control, exploded. The feared don of one of Israel's most powerful crime families was killed instantly, and police say his murder will certainly be avenged, most likely triggering a round of gang warfare. (See pictures...