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...different message: Russia is back, and I'm in charge. That's why the St. Petersburg summit may be more significant than most such gabfests. It will focus the world's attention on two crucial questions: What does Putin's Russia really want? And will that lead to more conflict with other countries, even another cold war? Repayments Churchill's old saw about russia being a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma continues to have force now that the Iron Curtain has long since been pulled back. Moscow's more muscular approach to the world has roots...
...Europe without the subsidies, which are needed to bring down the high transportation costs. In that case, the desire to improve political ties with China outweighs commercial considerations. Yet by contrast, Vladimir Ryzhkov, an independent member of the Duma, reckons that the key driver of the Ukraine conflict earlier this year was Gazprom wanting better prices - "not some willingness to revive the [Russian] empire or punish [Ukrainian President Viktor] Yushchenko." A former Russian Deputy Energy Minister, Vladimir Milov, reports that top officials from Putin down spend a lot of their time fretting about corporate matters. "I was surprised to realize...
Laurie Kramer, professor of applied family studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has found that, on average, sibs between 3 and 7 years old engage in some kind of conflict 3.5 times an hour. Kids in the 2-to-4 age group top out at 6.3--or more than one clash every 10 minutes, according to a Canadian study. "Getting along with a sister or brother," Kramer says dryly, "can be a frustrating experience...
That, as any parent knows, is a scenario trip-wired for fights--and that's what happened. The experimenters ranked the conflicts on a five-point scale, with one being a single cross word and five being a full-blown brawl. The next year, they went to the same children's schools to observe them at play and interview their teachers. Almost universally, the kids who practiced the best conflict-resolution skills at home carried those abilities into the classroom...
...been known for some time that their children are at higher risk of divorce when they marry. It's quite significant - it raises their odds of divorce by 14%. But you need to know a little more before applying this handicap. Before the parents divorced, was their conflict loud and visible to the children? Or was their conflict kept hushed behind closed doors? Surprisingly, it's the children of the latter who are getting divorced. Growing up in a home where they thought everything was fine - until their parents suddenly announced their divorce - leads those children not to trust their...