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...Lastly, the ongoing global financial crisis has moved once highly niche words into the mainstream. People that bandy about complex terms like quantitative easing (increasing the supply of money in order to stimulate economic activity) can now check that they are actually using them correctly. The recession's effect on our behavior has impacted language too. Holidaymakers trying to rein in spending have popularized the term staycation (taking a holiday without going abroad). Glamping (glamorous camping) is less popular at the moment, for obvious reasons...
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...that could set off an ethnic conflict between Karzai's Pashtun base and his rival's Tajik following (Abdullah's father is Pashtun, his mother Tajik). "The challenge is to ensure that the election doesn't end up dividing the country," says a U.S. official familiar with Afghan policy. (Check out a profile of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah...
...will not effectively lower insurance costs, supposedly their biggest selling point. In fact, the public option has been sidelined by many as a far-left fixation—as socialized medicine—rather than what it actually is: an option, one that would compete with and keep in check insurance companies that care about our health about as much as the inventors of fried dough. The Democratic Party seems disorganized and fragmented. And, perhaps most surprising, Obama and his administration, the masters of messaging, seem to be losing the communications battle and, with it, the confidence of the American...
...malaise of economic crisis and failed social systems, the next Prime Minister of Japan and his party need to reverse the nation's lost confidence in government leadership. A misstep, scandal or lack of fortitude in reform could cost the DPJ the upper-house elections next July - a severe check on the new administration's progress. Experts pinpoint five areas where the new ruling party should put its focus to get the nation back on track...