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...even a safe bet. Many Japanese players are less of a force on this side of the Pacific. Matsuzaka may become synonymous with the international mega-flop and could destroy the American market for Japanese players. No general manager would risk paying significant money for another export. Closing the door between Japan and America would be a big step back from the increased internationalization of recent years, which culminated in the celebrated March 2006 World Baseball Classic...
...report, Harvard received $21.9 million in Defense Department research funding in the 2005 fiscal year, the most recent year for which data is available, according to a University report. The auditors’ concerns arise from federal laws that generally require researchers to obtain “export licensing for defense-related items and information, including data.” The Bureau of Industry and Security, a Commerce Department agency, handles about 1,000 such requests annually. But Commerce officials told the auditors that only two universities have submitted license applications in recent years. They did not name the schools...
...allies have cajoled, threatened and sanctioned North Korea in an unsuccessful bid to persuade its rogue leader, Kim Jong Il, to abandon his nuclear-weapons program. Now, the U.S. hopes, it's hitting Kim where it really hurts. Following a U.N. Security Council resolution banning the export of luxury goods to North Korea, last week the U.S. published a list of some 60 forbidden fruits, including iPods, Segway scooters, cognac, leather handbags, silk underwear, plasma TVs, baby grand pianos, jetskis, snowmobiles and eau de toilette. It's not just an attempt to personally aggravate the Dear Leader, who enjoys...
...undergone a revival. There are only a handful of wineries, but they are branching out, experimenting with new blends of berries, and working to develop a range of drier and lighter table wines. The traditional sweet dessert wines remain popular for festive occasions. The Estonians are also trying to export them. I visited the nation's biggest and oldest winery, Põltsamaa Veinikelder, tel: (372) 776 6199; www.poltsamaafelix.ee, about 140 km south of the capital, Tallinn, to do some sampling. Tasting notes: LOSSIVEIN '85 Pure blueberry, drunk slightly chilled. The best of the new generation of drier wines, recommended...
...portion of their profits back into schools, universities, hospitals and mosques - a form of tithing. Many women wear headscarves. Still, the recent prosperity is lending new texture to Turkey's traditional image as the meeting place of East and West. Celal Hasnalcaci, a local manufacturer of denim jeans for export, prays five times a day but adorns his office walls with photographs of young women striking provocative poses in low-cut jeans. Giant billboards on the main street downtown flog everything from bras to i-Pods. The region is at once a heartland of Muslim conservatism and Europe's biggest...