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...After pulling out of the Mexican market in 1992, Taco Bell relaunched in the country two years ago and now has plans to expand to 300 outlets. If Mexicans are willing to spend their pesos on authentic American chimichangas, maybe it's not a pipe dream for Chinese to dig into some Sichuan Chicken Flatbread. With a knife and fork, of course...
...Then came the pond. The local government sent a construction team to Thakare's farm last year to dig the 10-ft.-deep (3 m) pond, financing the $600 investment with funds from a new program to support local agriculture. Strategically located in the path of runoff rainwater, the pond - a common feature of rural-resource management - collects water from the monsoon rains that would otherwise have just been wasted. By capturing and storing rainwater, the pond helps to fill the farm's wells. With a more reliable supply of water, Thakare's productivity soared. Not only did he plant...
...ongoing effort to speed up the process may dig the President in deeper: when Obama took office, the unorthodox practice of adjudicating terrorist cases at Gitmo through the use of military commissions seemed to be headed for the same ash bin as other discredited parts of George W. Bush's war on terrorism, thanks to skepticism in the U.S. courts about their fairness and Obama's campaign promises to do away with them. But on May 15, Obama revived the idea of commissions for an uncertain number of detainees at the controversial prison, pledging to help Congress refashion tribunals into...
...difficult work ahead of us," Obama said in Rose Garden remarks on Tuesday. "There are still serious disagreements and details ahead of us ... Now's not the time to offer ourselves congratulations. Now's not the time to pat ourselves on the back. Now's the time to dig in and get this done...
...Obama administrations and the Fed have been piling on new aid. For now, they may be correct to do so. With the banking system still shaky, further big declines in house prices could bring disaster. Slowing a price collapse is a reasonable aim of government policy. But as we dig out of this mess, we ought to ask whether the vast infrastructure of government support for homeownership that has been built up since the 1930s is really such a wise policy...