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...There really is something indescribable about seeing the flame in person," said Palfrey, who arrived in Calgary, the site of the 1988 Winter Games, Monday afternoon. "While I was carrying it, I kept looking up at it because it was amazing to be able to hold it in my hand...
...unintended consequences? Some of the biggest beneficiaries of the women's movement have been married men. According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, married men have a 60% higher median household income than they did in 1970, even adjusted for inflation. Unmarried men, on the other hand, only got a 16% bump...
...echo of the very themes that carried Obama to victory a little over a year ago. Brown had run against "business as usual" in Washington, and his supporters on Tuesday night chanted, "Yes we can." In case the point still wasn't clear, one of his supporters held a hand-lettered sign: "It's Our Turn for a Change...
...after the collapse of British manufacturer Rover Group, has reaped rich rewards by "playing up the Britishness and keeping a link to the heritage" of its spruced-up new models, says David Bailey, a professor of international business strategy and economics at Coventry University. Ford, on the other hand, fell afoul as the former owner of Jaguar by trying to take Britain's luxury sports-car brand into the mass market. Overseas buyers must "be aware of sensitivities of the brand and preserve it to sell the product successfully," Bailey says. "That's a key lesson for Kraft...
...troops from Iraq by Aug. 31 and all remaining soldiers by 2011 - has tied the timing and pace of withdrawal to the successful completion of this election. Though it is unlikely that Sunni parties will again boycott the election or return to violent tactics, the parliament's sleight of hand could be a warning that however much the White House and the American public would like to close the tragic book on Operation Iraqi Freedom, a stable and democratic Iraq is far from mission accomplished...