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...third one put in place. In addition, some 150 miles (240 km) of power lines still need to be strung. It's an overwhelming task, but one that is essential for bringing development and thus security to the country. The dam, says Mark Ward of USAID, "is a critical element in our support for Afghanistan, because it will provide the electricity to drive private-sector growth in Helmand and Kandahar." If Helmand were a country, it would be the fifth largest recipient of USAID funding. The dam is its star project...
Pixar, at its best, invents its own challenges. The typical director worries that most people will see his movie at home, their fingers on the fast-forward and stop buttons, so he makes every element instantly understandable. That's why most movies seem as if they were made for the passengers of the Axiom. But WALL?E plays without safety nets or spoon-feeding; it reinvents the delicate, potent behavioral language of silent-film comedy, of the Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin films...
...different décor and sponsors local art auctions and singer-songwriters in the lobby. There are guitars for guests to play hung on the wall in Nashville and a dog named Indie residing in the Atlanta hotel. Indie is hosting canine cocktail parties this summer. "We've got the element of surprise of a boutique," says Jim Anhut, head of franchise development at InterContinental Hotels, "with the conveniences of a big brand...
...despite the warm welcome, Rowling, by her own account, did not feel entirely in her element...
...That sense of community with athletes—of support, shared accomplishment, and collective enthusiasm—is unique to Harvard. At no other school where I applied would I have rubbed elbows (and shared a toaster) with a school’s greatest athletes. We often overlook this element of our good fortune at Harvard, so accustomed to excellence that we criticize athletes where we should congratulate them. I admittedly gave Harvard athletes little credit before my father talked some sense in to me. But I’ve been nothing but impressed by the contribution student athletes make...