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...Knesset, the Israeli parliament, shattered the pan-Arab front of no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel. Though a peace agreement took several years, Sadat’s visit had proved to Israelis that there was no turning back, that the frontier had been breached, and Sadat had cast...
This temptation to obsession is the new frontier of behavioral science. Where and how we use our devices define our species and sensibility. A whole new school of Edith Wharton etiquette arises. It's O.K. for your boss to check his BlackBerry at lunch, because he's a Very Important Person, but God help you if you get caught even glancing down when yours pings. When college students meet for coffee, their cell phones are out on the table, windows facing up. Among the most e-mailed stories in the New York Times a couple of weeks back...
...Asia has become the next frontier for pharmaceutical firms desperate to find their next blockbuster drug while keeping research costs low. In 2006, big drug companies doubled R&D investment in China and India over the previous year, to $2.2 billion. Nearly all of that went into China, thanks to generous government support and strong infrastructure. Beijing wants to attract more than 2% of the world's R&D budget, or about $10 billion...
...north together to sign bands, steal ideas, and get blasted together. It’s proven to be a successful business strategy so far: Arcade Fire are filling stadiums, Feist is getting covered in Rolling Stone, and everyone’s talking about Canada like it was an undiscovered frontier. Born Ruffians, as the most recent imports, are a decent enough band, holding their own with their fellow countrymen. The group’s callow brand of backyard pop is infectiously happy, almost to a fault. Once Of Montreal (not actually from Canada, mind you) quits the scene, the Born...
...little guys. Ebberson's neighbor Mike Korth has a 1,000-acre (400 hectare) corn and soybean spread that would have been considered enormous a century ago but is now about average for the area. His township has only 39 families on 36 sq. mi. (94 sq km), a frontier-level population density. No wonder a Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City study found the rural counties most dependent on subsidies had the worst population losses and the weakest job growth...