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...encourage Turkey's Kurdish minority to attempt to secede. That concern is growing ahead of a planned referendum in Iraq on control over the oil rich region of Kirkuk, a region that Iraqi Kurds claim as their own and control over which would sharply increase their economic and political clout...
...hires. The company has created five U.S. regions and staffed them as if they were independent $8 billion-to-$12 billion retailers. The Southeast regional headquarters is in Atlanta; the Midwest is run out of Chicago. Both regions are headed by locals, which will give the company more political clout in the sometimes contentious battles for store locations. The store-management structure has been similarly overhauled to emphasize a local touch in marketing and human resources. "It's not that it was too much Bentonville-centric," Castro-Wright says a tad defensively. "That was the strength of the company...
...former China bureau chief for the Financial Times said last night that although China is increasing its international political and economic power, the United States has had trouble adapting to the country’s growing clout. In a lecture at the Institute of Politics, James Kynge spoke about the correlation between the rapid growth of the Chinese economy and the nation’s growth in political power in the international community. Kynge told the audience of over 200 people that several global issues, including the global rate of inflation, the future of trade imbalances, and Asia?...
...Harvard, even if our brand of activism doesn’t carry the same clout as that of Sharpton or MoveOn.org, we should think about whether or not we are effectively championing our beliefs. Groups ranging from Harvard Right to Life (and its dreaming fetus posters) to Stand for Security (hunger strike, anyone?) have been accused of organizing unnecessarily contentious campaigns. Proponents of either group would argue that is the most effective way to draw the limelight to any issue or cause—and to an extent that is correct...
...underground and that parks accessible to the Allston community at large be incorporated into the Allston plan. As we move forward into a century in which climate change and environmental pollution promise to be among the most pressing issues of the day, an institution with Harvard’s clout has a responsibility to lead the charge. Harvard’s commitment to carbon emissions caps for the Science Complex, and more significantly for all of Phase I, are a commendable start...