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...blamed for the plight of the globe’s poorest, we must hold domestic governments accountable. Judging by its tumultuous history, miraculous Mozambique should be trailing far behind faltering Zimbabwe. Yet it surges upward while its neighbor spirals downward. Tragically, countries that scoff at the economic Miracle-Gro of individual rights protection and savor the emotional satisfaction of “social rights” rhetoric continue to indulge political lunacy while millions needlessly die of hunger...
...formula keeps Dell's prices low and works like Miracle-Gro in the West. But in China, relatively few people use the Internet and fewer still have credit cards, hindering e-commerce. Transportation networks are unreliable, complicating Dell's direct-to-doorstep delivery service. Critics also said the Chinese wouldn't buy machines without test-driving them first. "We're talking about people spending the equivalent of two months' salary on a computer," says Theodore Teo, an industry analyst at Nomura International. "They want to take the whole family to look at it in the showroom...
...Larson did very well at the camp, but we already had the central defender from the Norwegian national team [Gro Espeseth] and then we drafted [former W-League Boston Renegades defender] Erica Iverson," Farmer said. "I was a little surprised [Larson] wasn't drafted, but you have to understand, a lot depends on what combination of players have already been allocated...
...real pros in now-departed classes almost certainly could have invented a clever rationale with an alacrity which defied Mr. Gore's apparent inoffensiveness, and brought a slew of letters, banners, and other accoutrements to bear soon after. After all, these were the same stalwarts who found problems with Gro Harlem Brundtland, the Prime Minister of Norway; lesser minds would have passed over that name with a yawn, but the past masters came up with an issue for each ideological wing--the right assailing her support of abortion, the left her country's less-than-Jane-Fonda-like appetite...
...same time, it is important to have a diversity of voices, conservative and liberal alike, at Harvard. And the questions Mansfield raised are worth discussing. As for the choice of Commencement speaker, Mansfield cited three recent speakers--Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Philippine president Corazon Aquino and former president of Ireland Mary Robinson. "They were three women, three liberals and three mediocrities," he said, suggesting that because of her conservativism, Margaret Thatcher might have been overlooked...