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...sweep of Riyadh's seven seats by the fundamentalists. As Al Ammari saw it going down to the wire, last week's vote was a test of support for Saudi liberals who have long been overwhelmed by conservatives loosely allied with the ruling Al Saud dynasty. A conundrum in President Bush's State of the Union call for democracy in Saudi Arabia, al Ammari says, is the risk that elections could entrench religious conservatives, not liberal reformers, in elected office. ?They will make the country more conservative, while we want it to open up,? says Al Ammari. ?We have...
...time warp where he absolutely loses track of when to return for his waffle. Come on, man, we all know that those things are on a 2:50 timer! Thus the rest of the people in the dining hall are forced to stand around and deal with the moral conundrum of removing the waffle from the iron or standing there and waiting for the delinquent Waffler to return from his other affairs (probably blocking the drink machine). We should invest in waffle irons that cause the waffle inside to explode if it isn’t picked up within...
...world's most dynamic economy have Asia's most catatonic stock markets? That's a conundrum China's financial regulators have tried but failed to address since 2001, when an ebullient market bubble burst and local investors headed for the exits. In the latest effort to revive deflated stock prices and boost trading volume, the government last week announced that stock-transaction taxes would be cut by 50% for the second time in three years, and that initial public offerings would be resumed after a five-month suspension while other new rules designed to attract investors were implemented...
...High-Powered Design "Cosmic Conundrum" [Dec. 6] explored the "anthropic principle," the proposition that the universe is "uncannily well suited to the existence of life." Just as physicists are ultimately baffled by the laws of the universe, physicians and surgeons spend their entire lives trying to comprehend the complexities of the body's systems. The more we understand human physiology, the more we believe that a higher power must be responsible for the body's creation as well as the varying outcomes (good and bad) we see after treatment of seemingly similar diseases. The longer I practice medicine, the more...
...decades. "Now that the Libyans have run things themselves, I don't think they'll want to be pushed aside." It is a question facing businessmen across Libya as the prospect of a full-force American return to the country builds. Back in Tripoli, Seif Gaddafi says the conundrum is "very classic," faced by countless developing countries. Then, as with most problems, he finds a reason to dismiss this one. "The story of Libya is different," he says. "We have a strong leadership - that is obvious." And thanks to $20 billion in foreign reserves from the country's existing...