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...representative is that there are now more American Rhodes Scholars choosing to remain at Oxford for the full three years of Rhodes financial support (rather than one or two) than at any time in our hundred-year plus history. (That stipend is, by the way, still extremely generous by any international comparison, and more than adequate to cover all annual expenses except for those who travel the world extensively during vacations...
...Geneva? In Bhutan, naturally. Operated by longtime Swiss resident Fritz Maurer, the Swiss Guesthouse, tel: (975-3) 631 145, overlooks the small town of Jakar in the Bumthang valley, Bhutan's cultural heartland. With its grazing cows, mountain scenery and orchards, the property looks beautifully reminiscent of Heidi, and generous plates of the house special, raclette, assist the illusion. But how does the traditional Swiss favorite of melted cheese, gherkins and potatoes manage to taste so good here...
...made by workers who are paid fairly and treated with respect. But what exactly is fair? There's no universal measuring stick, but it's generally accepted that it's a wage enabling workers to live relatively comfortably in their home region?i.e., enough money for housing, a generous amount of food, health care, education for their children and some disposable income...
Bass and his colleagues eventually chose about 20 sites, most of which are family-owned and -managed and offer above-average wages and generous benefits. With their own capital, they assembled a staff of 30 (25 of whom used to work at Lands' End), but to this day, the founders still personally visit each factory on a regular basis. They also hand over 5% of the company's profits to the Fair Indigo Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving educational opportunities in the countries where the company's factories and co-ops are located...
...experience, which the other front-runners can claim to have, but which Obama proudly declares he does not need in order to realize “that the ways of Washington must change.” The second is personality. Once more, Obama has not yet been generous: By shrouding himself in the breezy fabric of audacious promises and good publicity, Obama has not given us any substance on which to judge...