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...borrow money for a used car. If her Saturn had died two months ago, perhaps she could have qualified. But Maldonado has a low credit score. And banks, nervous about a global credit crunch, are requiring down payments of up to 30%, according to several Cleveland dealers. Maldonado cannot afford that. So she begs relatives for rides. "I hate it, but there's nothing else I can do," says Maldonado, 49. With interest rates rising, "I'm so afraid to go to a car dealer because what happens if one month I can't afford my loan payment...
...many countries, ethnic divisions are institutionalized, with strict laws governing what one race can and cannot do. In largely homogenous Japan, it's extremely difficult for a non-Japanese to become a citizen even if born there. In Malaysia, an affirmative-action program gives preference to Malays over the country's sizable Chinese and Indian populations in everything from university places to government contracts. In Pakistan, Punjabis, the dominant ethnic group, are favored for key positions in the powerful military and civil service. Government leaders argue that these kinds of measures help maintain harmony. Maybe...
...lack of oversight, restraint and thrift over the financial meltdown, the fact that a Barack Obama can overcome the disadvantages associated with being black and have a shot at the highest office in the land speaks volumes about the possibility of hope in America - a possibility that cannot be entertained in the same way anywhere else. Even if Obama does not win, that's the lesson, and the example, America frames for all of us - whatever our race...
...development of higher education and the pursuit of scientific knowledge, as the world continues the struggle against disease and poverty. With the pressures of undergraduate life, it is sometimes hard to recognize the unseen actors that sustain Harvard. When an alumnus bestows so much on the university, it cannot go unrecognized. Because of this charity, researchers, students, and, eventually, people everywhere will experience the benefits that scientific collaboration on such a large scale can offer. All we can say in return is, thank...
...Minister Wolfgang Schauble, even raised the specter of the kind of longer term economic dislocation that led to the rise of Adolf Hitler. "Four months ago," says economist Schmidt, "I might have said that it may not get worse. But we have not seen anything like this before. I cannot say that we have reached the bottom. I am afraid that may not be the case." - With reporting by Catherine Mayer / London...