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...balance, even if the new South Korean negotiating proposal has its limitations, there is room for guarded optimism. Seoul's electricity offer is indeed a big carrot. And Pyongyang should realize that if it keeps saying no to big incentives, even those countries that presently fear confrontation will have an increasingly hard time telling American hard-liners why they refuse to contemplate coercion against the North...
China's well-being is predicated on continuing that flood of exports, so the U.S. has some leverage over China's policies. But beyond that carrot, the U.S.'s tools have become limited. When Jiang Zemin, Hu's predecessor, visited the U.S. in 1997, Washington could still block China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), of which it is now a member, campaign against China's hosting of the Summer Olympic Games (which will be held in Beijing in 2008) and tie access to the U.S. market to improvements in human rights (unlawful under WTO rules). Now, says...
...added incentive system would ensure the CUE’s success in this area. It would be too drastic to make evaluations mandatory (say, by withholding grades until evaluations have been turned in). So, instead of a “big stick” incentive, we suggest a carrot alternative. For example, completion of CUE evaluations could be accompanied by online giveaways. The committee could even tap into the competitive nature of Harvard students and sponsor a contest which would award the House with the highest percentage of CUE evaluation participants...
...crispy cocktail and explore the nascent area of flavor perception. "Eating isn't just taste, it's all the senses," he says. "Blindfold knowledgeable wine drinkers, and a majority can't say if they're drinking red or white, so sight matters. Sound--the crunch of a carrot--affects your expectations. What happens if you bite into a banana and hear the sound of a carrot?" he asks. If Blumenthal prepared the banana, it would probably be out of this world...