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...outside help. Says Mikhail Dorofeyev, public relations director of KazMunaiGaz: "We offered oil to the West in exchange for technology, know-how and money." To help attract that money, Kazakhstan established a single investment regime for both domestic and foreign investors, and since 1993 over $40 billion in gross direct foreign investment has flowed in. Now Kazakhstan is churning out 1.2 million bbl. of oil a day - and exports 80%. Nazarbayev plans to triple the volume and join the group of 10 leading oil exporters within a decade. The results have been phenomenal. Over the last six years Kazakhstan...
Third, we hope to implement student-planned programs that are responsive to changing ideas and needs. Ten interns will direct the programs and events we plan for the year, and these students will continue to seek feedback and input from a wide range of students and organizations to continually respond to the needs of the Harvard community...
...reason why the Spanish critic survived in the ring was that I felt bad for him," Boll later told TIME, after conceding that there is, in fact, no correlation between his win and the ability to direct a feature film. "I hit him a few times, he went down a few times, but then I felt bad because he was completely defenseless." His other challengers may not be so lucky. So vitriolic are Boll?s feelings towards the content creators at Ain?t it Cool News -a website capable of generating so much Internet buzz about a film that...
This is a direct quote from last week: “If I’m at all decent at this, maybe they’ll let me do it every week.”Four wins and four losses later, I’m back. Sheepishly. Apparently, this is going to be a regular gig. So I’m following up incorrect with unpopular. Now, there’s no grace period, because although it’s still September, this is likely the most important weekend of the Ivy slate, ripe with evenly-matched rivalry games...
...strongman." Such a leader would not be constrained by the demands of an elected legislature, but would rely on the power of his security forces to impose his will on the society. But Iraq's security forces are still largely dependent on U.S. supervision, logistical and air support, and direct intervention when the going gets tough. A strongman regime in Iraq whose authority depended on U.S. military backing would be unlikely to either placate or subdue the Sunni insurgency and the Shi'ite militias...