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...environmental projects have risen to the top of the list, while flashier "prestige projects," including a park and some bridges, have dropped to the bottom. Fishkin is elated. "The public is smart," he says. "Under the right conditions, it's smart in China just like it's smart in Britain or smart in Bulgaria...
...time for Sex Pistols redux? How about a new Madonna? There’s no sense of pushing things forward, to cop a phrase from Mike Skinner, an artist whose independent work is exciting because it does just that: the Streets expose audiences to the laddish rap of Britain, a new artist, a new voice. An informed and active interest in music demands that we constantly push our boundaries, exposing ourselves to these diverse voices, which challenge our convention and beyond entertaining us, force us to think...
...below OPEC's prices, the highest of which is $28 per bbl. for top-quality light crude. Moreover, the cartel now produces only 43% of the West's oil, vs. 63% in 1979. The rest is pumped by such countries as Mexico, the U.S. and Britain, none of which belongs to OPEC. Three weeks ago Mexico dropped its price to $3 per bbl. below OPEC levels...
OPEC's troubles and the world oil glut are especially hitting Saudi Arabia, the organization's biggest and richest producer. Saudi output has dropped from a peak of 10.3 million bbl. per day in 1981 to 2 million bbl. per day in June, its lowest level in 20 years. Britain, a relative newcomer to the ranks of big-time producers with its North Sea fields, is pumping more oil than Saudi Arabia...
...subjugation was never complete. An assassination attempt against a group of Italian overlords prompted murderous reprisals. They in turn ignited a guerrilla campaign (a tactic Mockler thinks the Ethiopians should have used from the beginning instead of suicidal frontal assaults). But not until Britain and Italy opposed each other in World War II did Italy's grip truly loosen. One of the attacking British contingents was a motley group called Gideon Force, led by Palestine Veteran and ardent Zionist Orde Wingate. Escorted by the force, Haile Selassie re-entered Addis Ababa in triumph...