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...most substantial achievements could be made in further healing relations with the Orthodox, a thousand years after the two churches parted ways. Many believe that Benedict can make more progress on this front than John Paul, who was seen by some Orthodox as too aggressive in trying to expand Catholicism into eastern Europe...
Partitioning Iraq is a recipe for disaster. The civil war in Iraq could expand to engulf the whole region. No current or future government in Turkey would condone the emergence of a separate Kurdish entity in northern Iraq, as that would inflame the separatist tendencies of Turkey's Kurdish population. Arguments in favor of partitioning Iraq are neoimperialist and do nothing beneficial for the region...
What happens next in Lesotho and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa depends a lot on how broadly these first efforts expand. All the ARVs in the world aren't going to help much if children and their families don't have enough food to build up their strength or clean water to keep from picking up infections. Tough as it has been to focus attention on children with AIDS, it has been harder for clinics to get and use a common antibiotic to prevent pneumonia and other ills in HIV-positive children who don't yet need ARVs...
Confronted with this evolving landscape, hedge funds have had to grow up. You can see it in the way managers trek to Washington for Capitol Hill meet-and-greets. You can see it in the way big-name banks like Morgan Stanley and Citigroup poach existing shops and expand their hedge-fund practices. You can see it in the run-up of bloated, billion-dollar-plus firms. You can see it in how hedgies talk about their industry as if it is an industry, and not an unrelated mishmash of investment strategies...
...after receiving a cross from teammate Dan LeFort.The Bobcats made it a two-goal deficit just three minutes later. After a scramble in front of the Harvard net, Quinnipiac kicked the puck out to Matt Sorteberg, who launched a shot from the top of the right faceoff circle to expand the lead to 2-0.“Unfortunately, as much as you try to protect against it, there’s obviously a little ‘here we go again’ [mentality] that settles in,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato...