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Zhang Yong, a bright, up-and-coming bureaucrat, thought his financial expertise and Ivy League education would prepare him well for the tricky issues he would face in his job as vice director of economic development in Taizhou, one of the fastest-growing cities in one of China's fastest-growing provinces, Zhejiang. Instead, he found himself tackling a problem that seemed more appropriate for a Third World backwater than a Chinese boomtown: a chronic shortage of electricity. Last year, Taizhou's economy grew at an astounding 15%, but all the gleaming new factories pushed electrical consumption...
...rich understanding of the health, functioning and well-being of adolescents. The ideas presented contribute to urgently needed scientific, policy, and public discussions about how we prepare our young people to become thoughtful, responsible and effective participants in their societies. Parents, teachers and professionals in relevant specialties should develop strategies to modify or mitigate the impact of the challenges, both biological and social, young people have to face. The answers to the optimal planning for producing the next generation of self-sustaining citizens have important implications for our own future, because the youth of today are the adults of tomorrow...
...Dumars brought a team philosophy to Detroit, but he didn't have much of a team to work with. The players he brought in were misfits elsewhere, but they fit perfectly in Motown. Dumars picked up big, Afroed Ben Wallace from the Magic and watched him develop into a rebounding machine. Point guard Chauncey Billups, dumped by five different teams, became the finals...
Nowhere does anxiety about al-Qaeda run higher than in the Saudi royal family. The Saudis need the expertise of Westerners to help develop the country's oil sector and attract investment. The latest violence could drive more of them away. The U.S. embassy has recommended that all Americans leave the kingdom. Many of those who are staying say they are growing beards and donning local robes to hide their identities. As for the Saudi leaders, a U.S. official says they do not yet face a direct threat to their rule. But, he says, "there could be a long period...
...also warned that the only way to tamp down the insurgency will be to give the Sunni population, fearful of the Shi'ite majority over which they have long lorded it, a greater stake in the new political order. Should initiatives along these lines be pursued, a split might develop among different components of the insurgency...