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...explain the Bush administration? Or more precisely, how to explain the defining characteristic of George W. Bush's presidency - this fondness for rhetorical extravagance, this straining after greatness, this implausible invocation of only the loftiest goals and purposes...
...understand those ideas, we don't value them; and if we don't value them, we don't protect them. A nation can never be ignorant and free, said Thomas Jefferson, our third Making of America cover subject, and one of the goals of our series is to help explain what makes us a nation and a people...
...Heady projections about the future of China's travel industry also help to explain this frenzy of hotel building. Already the world's fourth most popular tourist destination, the country is expected to move into second position within a decade, according to the World Tourism Association. By 2020, China is forecast to overtake the U.S. as the world's most-visited country, pulling in some 130 million visitors a year. China's burgeoning domestic-tourism market is also critical in the bullish calculations of hotel companies. By 2010, the number of domestic tourists is forecast to soar from 1.2 billion...
Whenever I try to explain the certification process to my friends and family, I'm reminded that the whole thing is rather mysterious and confusing. Board certification is the method the medical establishment uses to set standards and maintain quality of care in 24 broad areas of specialty. In the U.S. the process is administered by the American Board of Medical Specialties and is strictly voluntary. You can be a licensed, practicing neurosurgeon without ever passing the boards. The big pressure to take the exams comes from insurance companies, third-party payers and hospital administrators, who are more likely...
Khamenei's pragmatism may explain why the regime is now showing more willingness to negotiate than it has in months. A Western diplomat and Iran expert believes that Khamenei "definitely" had a hand in Ahmadinejad's letter to U.S. President George W. Bush last month, the first effort at a direct high-level contact between the two countries since 1979. After the U.N. Security Council permanent five plus Germany and the E.U. presented Tehran with a package of incentives aimed at persuading Iran to stop enriching uranium, Khamenei authorized the President to call the proposal a "positive step." Ahmadinejad said...