Word: gumbel
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...Peter Gumbel neatly portrayed events leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Key to this was the role of Mikhail Gorbachev at the helm of Soviet affairs. One wonders why a man of Gorbachev's stature fails perhaps to garner as much critical acclaim as his contemporaries in the West. It probably has to do with his complicated ideological position, as both the leader and the reformer of the Marxist Soviet state. Eclecticism was the hallmark of his thinking and politics. Today the world needs more leaders who bridge differences rather than...
...Loans Peter Gumbel's "IMF 2.0" fully captures the sentiment and distrust of developing economies toward the IMF, and the negative impact on people's lives of corrupt and inept government officials' dealings with the IMF [April 20]. Certain governments in Africa took IMF loans on behalf of their people who then suffered the debt with neither accountability nor the hoped for development. Now the loan conditions are being relaxed, the IMF must ensure that loans do not get to corrupt governments anymore, and where they do, the loans must be accounted for with development projects and fiscal responsibility. Obinna...
...free meal, listen to a sermon, sing devotional songs and decide if they want to let Jesus into their heart. At a busy Alpha course session in November, attended by some 900 people, long-necked beauties in Ralph Lauren swanned among blond, ruddy chaps in blue velvet blazers. Nicky Gumbel, 53, the .0former Etonian and one-time barrister who founded the course to better reach young people, wore green socks, loafers and an open collar shirt. Gumbel, HTB's vicar since 2005, started proceedings by suggesting that participants choose adjectives starting with the same letter as their name. He introduced...
...success stems from its ability to foster a sense of community in its youthful participants, says Gumbel. It may also be able to openly discuss issues with which Britain's famously stuffy elite remain uncomfortable. Even in cases were all material wants are met, Gumbel says, there remains a "spiritual hunger" among London's wealthy youth. "No matter how nice your house or car is, there's something missing," he says. "If you go to the pub and ask what the meaning of life is, people will just laugh at you. But if you can find a group of people...
Since the country's colonial days, concerns of voter fraud have inspired ever-more complicated ways to cast one's ballot. Depending on where you live, you may vote tomorrow with a lever, a punch card, a marker or a touchscreen. As election scholar Andrew Gumbel notes, the U.S. has been both a "living experiment in the expansion of democratic rights" and a "world-class laboratory for vote suppression and election-stealing techniques...