Word: easternism
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...with unorthodox ideas as it makes up for lost time. Since regaining independence in 1991 with the collapse of the U.S.S.R., Estonia (pop. 1.35 million) was the first former Soviet republic to introduce its own currency and adopt a flat-tax system, now widely copied in the rest of Eastern Europe. It has also become one of the most technologically advanced places on the planet. You can use your mobile phone to pay for parking, buy bus tickets or check your children's school schedule. Wi-fi hot spots are ubiquitous, and the nation's most famous start...
...call "King David" for his often sophisticated self-promotion skills - will be in charge of day-to-day fighting in Iraq, while Fallon will oversee the entire Middle East and Southwest Asia, which are under CENTCOM's purview. The admiral will also be tasked with trying to convince Middle Eastern countries to lend the U.S. a hand in redeveloping Iraq's flagging economy...
...sciences center, Larsen said. A number of parties expressed interest in the building, including Target Corp. and the now-bankrupt Globix Corp., but the property has been unoccupied since 2001, Larsen said. The Boston Business Journal reported that a possible $22 million sale of the property to Massachusetts-based Eastern Development LLC fell through earlier this summer, leading the company to contact Harvard. “We tried looking at a variety of strategic transactions and it emerged that Harvard was indeed the best buyer,” Larsen said. Although the company is unsure of Harvard?...
...Wibaux, the young man I met at a Harvard Model Congress Europe session in Paris, whose great-grandfather Pierre ranched in Dakota Territory and for whom Wibaux County in Eastern Montana is named...
...Polish officials said that Belarus blocked the Russian Druzhba ("Friendship") oil pipeline that carries oil to Poland and Germany. Russia then closed the pipeline to prevent more Belarussian theft. "Now there is a threat to the fulfillment of international contracts between Russian companies and companies in Western Europe and Eastern Europe," said Andrew Sharonov, Russian Economics and Trade Minister "We view this as a force-majeure, as the onset of unavoidable circumstances...