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...friends in unexpected places, notably among the region's Muslim population. Those alliances are still paying political dividends today. But now that era may be coming to an end. Seven years after U.S. warplanes first roared over the mountains of central Bosnia, America is gradually, deliberately relinquishing its leadership role in the former Yugoslavia. In its place, eager to flex its own foreign policy muscles, the European Union is reasserting control. The consequences for the region depend in part on how quickly and completely the U.S. decides to leave and how soon Europe can overcome its historical rivalries to speak...
...POPULATION AND HEALTH: While the number of people on earth is still rising rapidly, especially in the developing countries of Asia, the good news is that the growth rate is slowing. World population increased 48% from 1975 to 2000, compared with 64% from 1950 to 1975. As this gradual deceleration continues, the population is expected to level off eventually, perhaps at 11 billion sometime in the last half of this century...
BERGSTROM: We would look for a gradual erosion of the value of the dollar from here...
Financial planners have in recent years crafted a new model for what they call staged or gradual retirement. It was initially used by well-off people in their 50s who wanted to leave a demanding job for something more rewarding. But the new model is also being embraced by older workers and often out of financial necessity. Here's how it works...
...time-out. The pace was leisurely, leaving lots of opportunities for the ladies who lunch to get plenty to eat. The clothes were elegant, the kind of things one wears to the Paris Ritz, darling. The salons were small and intimate, the better to see the craftsmanship. But the gradual rotation of the old guard (out last season, Yves Saint Laurent; out this season, Oscar de la Renta at the house of Pierre Balmain) to the new (first John Galliano at Christian Dior, most recently Julien Macdonald at Givenchy) has transformed the week to one of pop stars, parties...