Word: connectedness
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The spate of bombings, mass arrests and gunfights in Tajikistan over the past few months connected to militants fleeing the increased fighting in Afghanistan and Pakistan has caught the attention of the international community. "The European Union is highly concerned about the situation in Pakistan and its reflection on Tajikistan...
We hear a lot about "bending the curve." What are the most effective ways to lower the overall costs of American health care? First, you've got to integrate payment and provision of care. Everybody talks about preventive medicine, but almost nobody does it because there's no payback. A...
Until recently, nests were mainly harvested from caves in the wild, and the trade was dominated by a ruthless and well-connected élite. Now, fueled by insatiable demand from prospering China, a regional boom in farming nests in purpose-built birdhouses - "swiftlet condos," as they're sometimes called - is...
Even as he had these doubts, he had no answers for them. He was not prepared to argue that we simply withdraw. America was bleeding, its cities were burning, and it was never clear to me exactly how McNamara connected this America with that war in Vietnam. In wartime, the...
Not that boffo grosses come cheap. The Los Angeles Times points out that Half-Blood Prince cost nearly $400 million to make and market. And the studio, Warner Bros., has to share the HP6 revenue with the theaters showing it. But then comes the real money, from DVD and other...