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...Jamaica is not going to be an industrial giant but there are things that we’re good at,” Paulwell said. “We need to start with what we have. We’ll be able to use information and communication technology to get into emerging technology...
Before I came to Harvard, many of my English friends—somewhat in jest, but somewhat seriously—liked to stereotype Americans as ignorant bozos, guzzling giant Diet Cokes while cruising to malls in their Hummers. Now there’s a new image of Americans—and it’s far less light-hearted than before—as arrogant boors, fondling huge automatic weapons while racing to Baghdad in their Humvees. And, however unfair that portrayal, the fact that it is widely believed—and in the country which is, after all, America?...
...keeps his fighter focused as best as he can from inside a giant truck in the parking...
...stores, which stock perfume, crockery and Westside's brand of upmarket clothing. Sales were up 33% last year, helping his case as unofficial front runner to succeed Ratan in 2008. Noel was also recently appointed to the boards of Titan, the Tata watchmaking unit, and Voltas, an air-conditioning giant...
...Modern Indians regard Nehru with more ambivalence. As novelist Shashi Tharoor points out in his new biography, Nehru: The Invention of India, the architect of modern India turned his country into a democracy and an industrial giant but also shackled it to a heavily regulated socialist economy. If Nehru managed to fuse a disparate jumble of regions and principalities into a united nation, he also bequeathed India its most serious political problem, the insurgency in Kashmir. Although Tharoor's biography lacks the exhaustiveness and depth of some of its predecessors, its attitude is perfect for the times. Writes Tharoor, "What...