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...authorities know that street demonstrations could easily flare up again, considering that some half-dozen universities crowd Enqelab (Revolution) Boulevard alone, site of a millions-strong silent march in June. But can the students dent the hard-liners' seemingly armored position of power? New York University professor Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, author of a new book, The Predictioneer's Game, that argues that pressure by student demonstrators this summer has already led to concessions by the regime, predicts that the influence of students will rise sharply this month to a level that will rival that of Khamenei's. "That doesn...
...limitations it imposes on start-up businesses means it won't create jobs for enough of France's 2.4 million registered unemployed. And even if most of the projected 500,000 new companies launched this year wind up prospering, their tiny size isn't going to make a big dent in the country's economic decline in 2009, which economists estimate will be at least 3%. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...numbers." Indeed, there have been missteps along the way during his past five years as President - such as being misled by certain advisors and his government's failure to use 20% of the budget for education, as mandated by the national constitution. But they have not appeared to fatally dent S.B.Y.'s largely positive image. "People's memories here are short," adds Purboyo. "And for the most part they are quick to forgive...
...Johnson Sirleaf's early association with Taylor, the revelation could tarnish Johnson Sirleaf's image somewhat. Still, the President's unlikely to come under too much pressure from donors. Says one political observer who has worked in Liberia and asked to remain anonymous: "It will take a lot to dent her reputation...
...world's reserves held in dollars at the end of last year - way more than in any other money - a move to a new reserve currency would be both time-consuming and complicated. And since China holds so many dollars, selling even a small amount of its reserves would dent the value of those that remained. But despite the glitches, argument over the need for a new international reserve does little to lift sentiment in the dollar's favor. Its replacement might be an "implausible suggestion," analysts at HSBC wrote in a May note to clients, but "its pre-eminent...