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...launched in Zug with little capital, registration fees are low, and the whole process can be completed within five days. The big banks and international airport of Zurich are only 14 miles to the north. And the work force in Zug is well educated and multilingual: its members hail from 96 countries...
...make $6.7 million—the highest salary for a union official in American history. At the very least, the NFLPA should push management to allow disabled vets access to full pension at an early age. Disabled veterans should be able to provide for their families before the last Hail Mary. Perhaps, if the owners and union truly have souls, they will support Kevin Everett’s family until he is back on his feet—or at least until he can feel them again.Raúl A. Carrillo ’10 lives in Lowell House...
...Gandhi to general secretary - a potential stepping stone to Prime Minister - even though he had just led the party to defeat in the Uttar Pradesh state election and has articulated few fresh policy ideas. In the Philippines, one study has found that more than half the members of Congress hail from a political family. Even in China, where Mao Zedong rose to power demonizing feudalism, a class of "princelings," sons of former revolutionary cadres, has risen like feudal lords, including Shanghai Communist Party boss Xi Jinping, anointed during last month's Party Congress as President Hu Jintao's likely successor...
...Clans also prevent fresh political groups from emerging - far more important in developing nations than in stable, two-party political systems. In Bangladesh, Sheik Hasina Wazed and her chief rival, Khaleda Zia, both of whom hail from political dynasties, have swatted down past attempts to form new parties. When Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus tried to launch a party earlier this year, many Bangladeshi politicians, including those from Hasina's party, quickly attacked...
...historic date: the 20th anniversary of the coup that brought President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to power on Nov. 7, 1987. Educated in France and the U.S., Ben Ali was Prime Minister when he ousted Habib Bourguiba, the founder of modern Tunisia. Today, celebratory billboards around Tunis hail the 71-year-old Ben Ali, often pictured wearing his ceremonial sash and medals...